Wayne Realty & Investment Co. v. Whitten

Appellant brought suit against appellees in the Circuit Court of Dade County to foreclose a pur chase money mortgage. To the bill of complaint appellees filed their joint and several answer admitting the material allegations of the bill, but resisting foreclosure on the grounds that after the lands described in the bill had been purchased by appellees the State of Florida and one Henry T. Read had each laid claim thereto under the land laws of the United States, that appellant had knowledge of said claims and that appellees have continuously resisted said claims which are pending and…