CAPLES v. TALIAFERRO PRECEDENT

Caples v. Taliaferro, 144 Fla. 1, 197 So. 861

“However, in Caples v. Taliaferro, 144 Fla. 1, 197 So. 861, 862, the Supreme Court of Florida approved the rule that 'when a street or highway is platted on the margin of the grantor's land, a conveyance of the lands bordering the street carries the fee to the entire width of the street unless expressly reserved.' This rule, sound in principle, is controlling here.

Since there is nothing in the case now before us to show an intention on the part of the subdivider to retain any interest in the strip of land in question, the appellees' titles extend the entire width of the strip to the ordinary high water mark of the Atlantic Ocean. See Johnson v. Grenell, 188 N.Y. 407, 81 N.E. 161, 13 L.R.A.N.S., 551; Gifford v. Horton, 54 Wash. 595, 103 P. 988; Taylor v. Armstrong, 24 Ark. 102; 8 Am.Jur. 778-779, Boundaries, 43.”

Sam E. Murrell and Myrtle H. Murrell, His Wife, Appellants, v. United States of America, 8.84 Acres of Land, More or Less, Situate in Brevard County, Florida, Et Al., Appellees., 269 F.2d 458 (5th Cir. 1959)

Federal Circuits, 5th Cir. (September 25, 1959)

Docket number: 17696