Fort Myers Development Corp. v. J. W. McWilliams Co.

West, Circuit Judge.

This is a suit to foreclose a mortgage on 23,000 acres of land in Lee County. The bill of complaint is in the usual form. The indebtedness, payment of which is secured by the mortgage, is evidenced by promissory notes of defendant, Fort Myers Development Company, payable to complainant, J. W. McWilliams Company. The notes are in payment of a balance due on the purchase price of the land described in the mortgage.

The parties are given in this opinion the same designation as they bore in the court below. v

By answer defendant averred deception and fraud in the transaction by…