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Fla. Stat. § 253.14 (2025)
Rights of riparian owners; board of trustees to defend suit.
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253.14 Rights of riparian owners; board of trustees to defend suit.—
(1) It is expressly provided that nothing contained in this chapter shall be so construed as to deprive any private riparian owner from bringing an injunction suit in equity against the sale provided for in s. 253.12 on the ground that the owner would be thereby deprived of his or her riparian rights granted to him or her by law; provided, that such suit must be commenced within 30 days after the board of trustees shall have overruled the objections of such owner to such proposed sale.
(2) In case suit is brought by any private owner to enjoin such sale, it shall be in the discretion of the board of trustees to defend such suit or to withdraw said lands from sale.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 1946–1967 · leading case: Holland v. Fort Pierce Fin. & Constr. Co., 27 So. 2d 76 (Fla. 1946).
Holland v. Fort Pierce Fin. & Constr. Co., 27 So. 2d 76 (Fla. 1946). “Whereupon plaintiff, for itself and its grantees, filed with the Trustees timely protests in accordance with section 253.14, Florida statutes 1941, and that said protests and objections were by the Trustees overruled.”
Morgan v. Canaveral Port Auth., 202 So. 2d 884 (Fla. 4th DCA 1967). “F.S.A. § 253.14 provided that nothing contained in chapter 253 should be taken to prevent an owner from bringing suit to enjoin such sale on the ground that he would be deprived of his riparian rights; however, such suit was to be commenced within thirty days after the trustees…”
Lobean v. Trs. Internal Improvement Fund, 118 So. 2d 226 (Fla. 1st DCA 1960). “" On April 13, 1956, the appellees advertised a large area of land, including the said Government Lot 1, for sale, and the appellant brought this suit under the provisions of Section 253.14, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., to enjoin them from making such sale and from making any…”
Anderson v. Collins, 111 So. 2d 44 (Fla. 2d DCA 1959). “” Section 253.14 provides: “It is expressly provided that nothing contained in this chapter shall be so construed as to deprive any private riparian owner from bringing an injunction suit in equity against the sale provided for in § 253.”
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