Florida Statute 66.011 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 66
EJECTMENT

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66.011 Common-law ejectment abolished.—In ejectment it is not necessary to have any fictitious parties. Plaintiff may bring action directly against the party in possession or claiming adversely.

History.—s. 1, ch. 999, 1859; RS 1511; GS 1966; RGS 3234; CGL 5040; s. 21, ch. 67-254.

Note.—Former s. 70.01.

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In Re: The Georgian Villa, Inc., Debtor. The Georgian Villa, Inc. v. United States of Am. Georgia Dep't of Revenue, 55 F.3d 1561 (11th Cir. 1995).

Cited 11 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1995 U.S. App. LEXIS 15824, 1995 WL 350836

funds to Georgian Villa. 1 . Section 66 (11 U.S.C. § 106): Unclaimed Moneys, a.

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June Sand Co. v. Devon Corp., 23 So. 2d 621 (Fla. 1945).

Cited 6 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 156 Fla. 519, 1945 Fla. LEXIS 913

Stuart v. Stephanus, 94 Fla. 1087, 114 So. 767. Section 66.11 Florida Statutes, 1941, appears to afford an

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Valley Forge Life Ins. v. Delaney, 313 F. Supp. 2d 1305 (M.D. Fla. 2002).

Cited 4 times | Published | District Court, M.D. Florida | 2002 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 27300, 2002 WL 32442795

fraudulently convey or conceal it ...." Fla. Stat. § 66.11 (1991). Florida courts routinely issue injunctions

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Wilkerson v. Gibbs, 405 So. 2d 1053 (Fla. 1st DCA 1981).

Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal

...ained during the period of the adverse possession. [11] The common law procedure by which one sues in ejectment has undergone major statutory changes in Florida. In 1859, the legislature passed an act providing generally, as is presently provided by Section 66.011, Florida Statutes (1979), that it is no longer necessary to have any fictitious parties to an action in ejectment, but that the suit may be brought directly against the party in possession, or by the one claiming adversely....

...ed form does not explicitly use the words mesne profits, mesne profits are commonly understood to mean damages. [22] Additionally, the legislature left intact the provisions of former Section 70.01 of the 1965 Florida Statutes (renumbered in 1967 as Section 66.011), abolishing common law ejectment, which, as previously observed, requires the real plaintiff in interest to bring his action directly against the real defendant in interest....

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In Re Atkins, 343 B.R. 283 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 2005).

Cited 1 times | Published | United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida | 19 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. B 181, 2005 Bankr. LEXIS 2378, 2005 WL 3408045

disposed of under chapter 129 of title 28. Section 66 (11 U.S.C. § 106): Unclaimed Moneys. a. Dividends

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Huguley v. Hall, 141 So. 2d 595 (Fla. 3d DCA 1962).

Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 1962 Fla. App. LEXIS 3263

mandatory under the rules of practice, as well as F.S. 66.11 and 66.16, F.S.A., for the chancellor, on motion

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Georgian Villa, Inc. v. United States (11th Cir. 1995).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

relevant part that "[a]ny 1 Section 66 (11 U.S.C. § 106): Unclaimed Moneys

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