Jones v. the Florida Lakeland Homes Co.

This is an ordinary mortgage foreclosure suit, except that the defendant, Rosslyn Jones, contends that the final decree should have dismissed the bill as to him rather than extinguish his claim or interest in the land.

It seems that the Florida Lakeland Homes Company owned a large tract of land in Polk County. The Company made a contract to sell the land to one Gatlin. Gatlin was used as a figurehead for Thomas. Thomas interested the appellant Rosslyn Jones in the land, and in the name of Thomas-Moores Company, made a contract to sell the land to Jones. Jones did not record his contract. Later…