Mahood v. Bessemer Properties Incorporated

The appeal in this case questions the constitutionality of Chapter 20235, Laws of Florida, 1941. (Sec. 695.20, F.S. ’41, F.S.A.) The pertinent part of which is Section 1:

“Whenever anyone shall have contracted to purchase real estate in the State of Florida, prior to January 1, 1930, by written agreement requiring all payments to be made within ten years from the date of the contract, or has accepted an assignment of such an agreement, and the fact of the existence of such a contract of purchase, or assignment, appears of record from the instrument itself or by reference in some other recorded…