Florida Statute 95.21 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title VIII
LIMITATIONS

Chapter 95
LIMITATIONS OF ACTIONS; ADVERSE POSSESSION

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F.S. 95.21

95.21 Adverse possession against lands purchased at sales made by executors.—The title of any purchaser, or the purchaser’s assigns, who has held possession for 3 years of any real or personal property purchased at a sale made by an executor, administrator, or guardian shall not be questioned because of any irregularity in the conveyance or any insufficiency or irregularity in the court proceedings authorizing the sale, whether jurisdictional or not, nor shall it be questioned because the sale is made without court approval or confirmation or under a will or codicil. The title shall not be questioned at any time by anyone who has received the money to which he or she was entitled from the sale. This section shall not bar an action for fraud or an action against the executor, administrator, or guardian for personal liability to any heir, distributee, or ward.

History.—s. 1, ch. 3134, 1879; RS 1293; GS 1724; RGS 2938; CGL 4658; s. 1, ch. 20954, 1941; s. 3, ch. 22897, 1945; s. 15, ch. 74-382; s. 1, ch. 77-174; s. 525, ch. 95-147.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 95.21

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 95.21.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 95.21

Total Results: 20

Frandsen v. County of Brevard

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2001-12-14

Citation: 800 So. 2d 757, 2001 WL 1589124

Snippet: judgment declaring that Brevard County Ordinance 95-21[1] and sections 800.03[2] and 877.03[3], Florida

LEWIS OIL COMPANY, INC. v. Milliken

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1998-06-01

Citation: 711 So. 2d 636

Snippet: for the equipment. See Shouse v. Doane, 39 Fla. 95, 21 So. 807 (Fla.1897); see also, Konigsburg v. Grand

Bradenton Group, Inc. v. Dept. of Legal Affairs

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1997-10-03

Citation: 701 So. 2d 1170, 1997 Fla. App. LEXIS 11137, 1997 WL 609982

Snippet: "illegal lotteries." See, e.g., Op. Att'y Gen. Fla. 95-21 (1995); Op. Att'y Gen. Fla. 92-91 (1992). [7] Article

Rowe v. St. Johns County

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1996-02-15

Citation: 668 So. 2d 196, 21 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 75, 1996 Fla. LEXIS 103, 1996 WL 63086

Snippet: facilities. See St. Johns County, Fla., Ordinance 95-21 (May 23, 1995). The ordinance includes a finding

Hernandez v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1995-04-19

Citation: 652 So. 2d 1285, 1995 Fla. App. LEXIS 4045, 1995 WL 228679

Snippet: PER CURIAM. Affirmed. See Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.850(b); Hoffman v. State, 571 So.2d 449 (Fla.1990); Stano v. State, 520 So.2d 278 (Fla.1988).

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1995-04-18

Snippet: Fla. Stat. (1993). 4 See, Op. Att'y Gen. Fla. 95-21 (1995), stating that the increased attendance and

American Somax Ventures v. Touma

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1989-08-23

Citation: 547 So. 2d 1266, 1989 WL 97537

Snippet: provision of the contract. See Shouse v. Doane, 39 Fla. 95, 21 So. 807 (1897). Consequently, even if the trial

Raimondi v. IT Chips, Inc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1985-12-31

Citation: 480 So. 2d 240, 11 Fla. L. Weekly 107, 1985 Fla. App. LEXIS 6028

Snippet: whom the benefit inures. Shouse v. Doane, 39 Fla. 95, 21 So. 807 (1897). The difficulty in applying the

Bassett v. Bassett

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1985-02-12

Citation: 464 So. 2d 1203

Snippet: So.2d 404 (Fla. 1974); Shouse v. Doane, 39 Fla. 95, 21 So. 807 (1897); Bay Management, Inc., v. Beau Monde

Neuman v. Ferris

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1983-06-01

Citation: 432 So. 2d 641

Snippet: terms of the contract. Shouse v. Doane, 39 Fla. 95, 21 So. 807, 810 (1897). A "course of dealing" is a

Pan American Hospital Corp. v. Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1983-05-24

Citation: 433 So. 2d 568, 1983 Fla. App. LEXIS 19471

Snippet: 360, 163 So. 859 (1935); Shouse v. Doane, 39 Fla. 95, 21 So. 807 (1897); Florida Fruit & Vegetable Self-Insurers

Mann v. Price

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1983-05-04

Citation: 434 So. 2d 943

Snippet: (Fla. 5th DCA 1983), and Shouse v. Doane, 39 Fla. 95, 21 So. 807 (1897), where the court stated: Where the

Amerada Hess Corp. v. Morgan

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1983-02-03

Citation: 426 So. 2d 1122

Snippet: the action was not defeated or barred by Sections 95.21 or 95.22, Florida Statutes (1975). [2] The conveyance

Florida Fruit & Vegetable Self-Insurers Fund v. Rolling Meadow Ranch, Inc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1983-01-05

Citation: 424 So. 2d 195, 1983 Fla. App. LEXIS 18694

Snippet: wherein it quoted from Shouse v. Doane, 39 Fla. 95, 21 So. 807, 810 (Fla.1897): Where the terms of a written

Philpot v. Bouchelle

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1982-03-22

Citation: 411 So. 2d 1341

Snippet: whom the benefit inures. Shouse v. Doane, 39 Fla. 95, 21 So. 807 (1897). The difficulty in applying the

Ring v. Loresch

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1980-07-29

Citation: 386 So. 2d 1251, 1980 Fla. App. LEXIS 23537

Snippet: Affirmed on the authority of Shouse v. Doane, 39 Fla. 95, 21 So. 807 (1897). See also Boswell v. Dickinson,

Lane, Gelety, Woolsey & Centrone v. Woolsey

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1979-11-21

Citation: 377 So. 2d 743

Snippet: 480, 43 So. 427; Shouse, Adm'r. v. Doane, 39 Fla. 95, 21 So. 807. This rule, however, is applicable only

Bay Management, Inc. v. Beau Monde, Inc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1978-12-29

Citation: 366 So. 2d 788

Snippet: 404 (Fla. 1974) (quoting Shouse v. Doane, 39 Fla. 95, 21 So. 807 [1897]). Counsel for Bay Management responds

Morgan v. Amerada Hess Corp.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1978-04-06

Citation: 357 So. 2d 1040, 1978 Fla. App. LEXIS 15792

Snippet: Florida Statutes (1973). Appellees also rely upon § 95.21, Florida Statutes, to defeat this action. That statute

Blackhawk Heat. & P. Co., Inc. v. Data Lease Fin. Corp.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1974-10-24

Citation: 302 So. 2d 404

Snippet: court. In the case of Shouse v. Doane, 39 Fla. 95, 21 So. 807 (1897), the following rule of contract