IN RE WATFORD

Nos. 88-8894, 89-8029.

898 F.2d 1525 (1990)

In re Joseph W. WATFORD and Doris F. Watford, Debtors. Joseph W. WATFORD and Doris F. Watford, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. FEDERAL LAND BANK OF COLUMBIA, Defendant-Appellee. In re Joseph W. WATFORD and Doris F. Watford, Debtors. Joseph W. WATFORD and Doris F. Watford, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Acting Through the COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION, An Agency of the United States Department of Agriculture, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 25, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Tuneski, Marietta, Ga., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Lillian H. Lockary, Asst. U.S. Atty., Dept. of Justice, Macon, Ga., J. Carol Sherwood, Jr., Dover, Sherwood & Shelton, Valdosta, Ga., for defendant-appellee.

Before TJOFLAT, Chief Judge, and ANDERSON and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


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...

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