John H. Easley v. W. C. Allen

The appellant Easley complains of the judgment of foreclosure entered by the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida in an admiralty proceeding instituted by the appellee Allen to foreclose a purchase money note and mortgage executed and delivered by appellant Easley to appellee Allen on a sea-going fishing vessel. The case was heard and decided by the District Court sitting without a jury.

Initially, Allen the seller, and Easley the buyer, entered into a “contract for sale of boat” but subsequent to the execution of the contract a number of disagreements developed…