Legal Opinion

Watford v. Federal Land Bank of Columbia (In re Watford)

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided April 25, 1990No. Nos. 88-8894, 89-8029PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:

In 1985, Joseph W. Watford and Doris F. Watford, appellants, grew soybeans. In 1986, the Watfords ceased the cultivation of their land, stored their soybean harvest on their land, and began conducting a stone crabbing operation in the Gulf of Mexico. Appellants have allowed their land to lie fallow since 1985. However, they have plans to develop fish ponds on the property. At the initial hearings, Mr. Watford testified that these ponds would be for recreational use; but, he testified at the final bankruptcy hearing that he also would harvest the fish by draining ponds.

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