Case Name: Marvin L. O'NEAL, Appellant, v. Elliott DUGGAR and Ruby Duggar, his wife, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1983-04-14
Citations: 429 So. 2d 1308
Docket Number: No. AM-246
Parties: Marvin L. O’NEAL, Appellant, v. Elliott DUGGAR and Ruby Duggar, his wife, Appellees.
Judges: BOOTH, WIGGINTON and NIMMONS, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 429
Pages: 1308–1309

Head Matter:
Marvin L. O’NEAL, Appellant, v. Elliott DUGGAR and Ruby Duggar, his wife, Appellees.
No. AM-246.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
April 14, 1983.
Rehearing Denied May 5, 1983.
Frank A. Baker of Baker, McClellan & House, P.A., Blountstown, for appellant.
Dewey M. Johnson and Joann G. Slay of Johnson, Harnett, Curry & Slay, Quincy, for appellees.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This cause is before us on appeal from a final summary judgment in favor of appel-lees in a suit involving a dispute over the ownership of real property. Appellant grounded his suit seeking ejectment, quiet title, and damages for trespass upon a claim of valid record title; appellees asserted the affirmative defense of adverse possession under color of title. The trial court based its summary judgment for appellees on its finding that appellant failed to substantiate a valid record title necessary to support his suit in ejectment. However, the record before us discloses that genuine issues of material fact exist both as to the validity of appellant's record title and as to the validity of appellees' claim of title by adverse possession, thereby precluding summary judgment.
Accordingly, this cause is reversed and remanded for further proceedings.
BOOTH, WIGGINTON and NIMMONS, JJ., concur.