Marketable Record Title Act

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• S. Fla. Water Mgmt. Dist. v. Muroff
  508 So. 2d 510· Fla. 4th DCA· 1987-06-10
  The South Florida Water Management District appeals a declaratory judgment in favor of property owners regarding whether a reservation of oil, gas, and mineral rights in a 1947 deed was valid under Florida's Marketable Record Title Act. The court reverses, holding that the 1947 d
• Bd. OF Trs. OF the Internal Improvement Fund v. Stevens
  495 So. 2d 167· Fla.· 1986-10-02
  The Marketable Record Title Act, chapter 712, Florida Statutes, does not apply to sovereignty lands, whether the statute was originally enacted or subsequently amended by section 712.03(7) in 1978.
• Maude Travick v. Parker
  436 So. 2d 957· Fla. 5th DCA· 1983-07-21
  The Marketable Record Title Act (MRTA) forecloses appellants' claim to the property because the quitclaim deed to Parker, recorded for over thirty years, serves as the root of title, extinguishing their interest.
• Boise Cascade Corp. v. Union Pac. R.R. Co.
  630 F.2d 720· 10th Cir.· 1980-07-24
  A railroad's right-of-way under the 1875 Act is perfected by actual construction, not solely by filing a profile map, and this right takes precedence over subsequent state land grants.
• Kittrell v. Clark
  383 So. 2d 909· Fla.· 1980-05-08
• Adams v. Semon
  30 Fla. Supp. 148· Dade Cty. Cir. Ct.· 1967-10-16
  Property owners sought to quiet title and remove restrictive covenants from residential lots in Irons Manor subdivision. The court applied Florida's Marketable Record Title Act (Chapter 712) to extinguish the covenants on most lots, and found the remaining covenants unenforceable