Ownership a million-dollar question

Florida Keys News - Key West Citizen

Sunday, September 9, 2012

Ownership a million-dollar question

Extensive research shows conflicting information

BY TIMOTHY O'HARA Citizen Staff
tohara@keysnews.com

If a federal ruling is upheld, the Bernstein family's purchase of Wisteria Island off Key West will be one of the most expensive cases of buyer beware in Florida Keys history.

A Sept. 27, 1951, letter from then Florida Attorney General Richard Ervin could be the fatal blow to the ownership claim by the Bernsteins and their partners, comprising the F.E.B. Corp.

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Wisteria Is.

Submitted on Tue, 09/11/2012 - 5:50pm by LoyalReader

How could the State of Florida sell land that was not its to sell?? Interesting.

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Island

Submitted on Sun, 09/09/2012 - 8:51am by Tom

You can not get adverse possession from the government. They write the laws.

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Pay them the just value

Submitted on Sun, 09/09/2012 - 7:15am by Rabbi Flanagan

According to the Monroe County Property Appraiser, the island is worth $17,900. They may have been paying tax, but not very much. The land under my house is valued at $500,000, and it is a substandard lot, according to zoning.