United States Sugar Co. v. Henderson

Citations

• 63 Fla. 692

Syllabus

<p>An original bill was filed to have the grantees in a deed made four years theretofore, declared to hold as trustees for the complainant, based upon a contract alleged to have been made with their ancestor, the consideration for which had not been paid, and the enforcement of which by the defendants had been barred by the statute of limitations, neither complainant nor its predecessors had at any time the financial ability to perform, and there was no offer to perform; pending the suit the lands which had been a doubtful speculation and' a considerable expense, suddenly increased enormously in value; an amended offer by the complainant to take the lands, and to perform the contract alleged to have been made twenty 'years before, if given further time by the court, should be refused.</p>