10-4778 LALISA DAVIS, v. WASH HINSON and GERALDINE HINSON

State: Florida

Court: Florida First District Court

Docket No: 10-4778

Case Date: 07/18/2011

Preview:IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL FIRST DISTRICT, STATE OF FLORIDA LALISA DAVIS, Appellant, v. WASH HINSON and GERALDINE HINSON, Appellees. _____________________________/ Opinion filed July 18, 2011. An appeal from the Circuit Court for Gadsden County. Frank Sheffield, Judge. Yaw Akuoko, Tallahassee, for Appellant. Tracy P. Moye, of the Moye Law Firm, Tallahassee, for Appellees. NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED CASE NO. 1D10-4778

HAWKES, J. This appeal concerns whether Appellees (the Hinsons) had sufficient possessory interest in an eleven-acre parcel of land to bring an action to quiet title and for ejectment against Appellant (Davis). The trial court granted both causes

of action, finding the Hinsons were entitled to sole possession of the parcel in

question through a legal deed, and ordered Davis to relinquish any possessory claims to the property. We reverse as the Hinsons' deed to the parcel was invalid; therefore, they had no standing to bring an action to quiet title or for ejectment. Facts In March 2010, the Hinsons brought a complaint to quiet title and for ejectment against Davis. The complaint alleged the following timeline of events based on several attached deeds:

Download 10-4778 LALISA DAVIS, v. WASH HINSON and GERALDINE HINSON.pdf