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· 4/5/1918

Walters v. Sheffield

Citations

  • 75 Fla. 505
  • 78 So. 539

Syllabus

<p>1. Where In a deed of conveyance of land the grantors “re: served unto themselves and from, the 'operation of the deed, all the timber of any kind and nature, standing oh said land,” the grantee takes no title to the timber standing on the land; and where the deed 'of conveyance'or the attending circumstances do not indicate a purpose .to. remove the standing timber from the land, the owner thereof does not lose title thereto by mere failure to remove the standing timber.</p> <p>2. Ejectment is an appropriate remedy to recover'the possession ' of standing timber by the person entitled to its possession.</p>

Judges: Browne, Ellis, Taylor, West, Whitfield

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