Walton Land and Timber Co. v. Long

For a number of years defendant Walton Land & Timber Company had been the owner of certain lands known as the Claroy tract, consisting of approximately 10,800 acres. In the summer of 1936 the United States of America brought condemnation proceedings pursuant to Section 5092, Compiled General Laws of Florida, 1927, against approximately 2118 acres of the Claroy tract, in which judgment of award .of compensation was rendered on November 24, 1936. On December 16, 1936, defendant executed a written agreement in the form of a letter-to. one J. E. Mason, not sealed and witnessed, but signed in its…