City of Miami v. St. Joe Paper Co.

In 1898, Henry Flagler conveyed land he did not actually own (a portion of it) to Florida East Coast Hotel Corporation, making that deed "wild." In 1944, that corporation conveyed the same land to St. Joe Paper Co. (defendant). Over thirty years later, the City of Miami (plaintiff) sued to quiet title, arguing St. Joe had no valid claim because the deed in its chain of title was wild; the intermediate appellate court ruled for St. Joe.