The developers Stephen F. Smith, Edith Ellen Smith who sold a WORTHLESS 1.89 acre home-site in the "Edith Ellen Estates" subdivision on Hampton Lake.  After being born with a silver spoon (for life), developing subdivisions is just a side business.  Preaching the Lord Jesus and the relationship between God and butterflies is a full-time passion.
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Here is a survey from the Bradford County Courthouse Building and Zoning Department, and the lot has been surveyed and 1.89 acres. Notice it is 660' feet long on the street. Anybody see any restrictions yet?  The parcel number of the property was verified as not having any restrictions, no swamps, no flood zones, and no alligators with the Bradford County Courthouse Property Appraiser, Building & Zoning Department "Building Official" Wilson Whidden and "Zoning Director" Nora Thompson. "That's Good Property", "That's a Good Piece of Land", "I Know Exactly Where This Is, That's Edith Ellen Estates, It's Nice Over There", "That's a Good Deal", "$35,ooo.oo is a Good Price", "I'd Buy It Myself For That", etc., etc. Plus they said the lot was permitted and legal, AND IT IS NOT EITHER!!!

Where does it say 98% of the land is Jurisdictional Wetlands except a 40' foot patch of dirt along the street?

FRAUDULENT in your opinion?

After closing escrow and spending THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS moving from California to Florida and clearing all the land we discover 98% of the lot is RESTRICTED called a "Jurisdictional Wetland". The land is owned and controlled by the State of Florida by "virtue of sovereignty" and cannot be developed under any circumstance whatsoever. (yellow area is not restricted) The Smith's subdivision permit (pictured below) said the land we bought could NOT be ever SOLD, it is a "drainage easement" and specifically diagramed in the building permit as such below. The drainage easement prevents the legally permitted lots from flooding in the rain.

1.89 Acre Lot #4 Edith Ellen Estates Subdivision, Lake Hampton Florida. (area in yellow = 1600' ft.)

Here is a picture of the unrestricted area of 40' feet x 40' feet after being cleared. Good size for a nice garage or pool, but what about a HOUSE, SEPTIC, drain-field, water well, back and front yard, shed, etc., etc.?

CONCEALMENT OF MATERIAL FACTS?  FRAUD or MISREPRESENTATION?

This Exhibit A was SUBMITTED to the Bradford County Courthouse in Starke, FL by the Smith's and Douglas' attorney James J. Taylor, Jr. admitting most all of the land is restricted in their affidavits and they KNEW IT BEFORE THEY SOLD IT. They say a 2,000' sq. ft. 1-Story Home (up to 5,000' sq. ft.) heated and cooled (living area ONLY), PLUS GARAGES, CARPORTS, ETC. can be built in this 1600' sq. ft. area (40' x 40')?

Not even Hollywood or Disneyland could accomplish such a feat of imagination. Plus, it is illegal!!!

And, if you file a complaint in the Bradford Courthouse to legally remedy this you get SUED for SLANDER & DEFAMATION???

How can they get away with this while breaking 38 pages of State and Federal laws, and many are felonies too (5-years jail-time per offense EACH)? 

And violate "Legally Binding Contracts" Bound by Statutory Warranty? ? ?

• A simple 5 page contract was BREACHED on every page! (11x)?

• Stephen Smith and Wayne Douglas' attorney James Taylor have filed now 8 (Boxed) VOLUMES of frivolous motions for slander, the LARGEST in the Court's record vault, and not ONCE have ever answered to the charges in the complaint?

• Over $100,000 has been spent on lawyers, and other expenses fighting over a $35,000 sale??? Are "skeletons hiding in the closet" or is this "money-maker" enterprise just TOO GOOD to ever STOP?

• The purchasers have not EVER been allowed 1-SINGLE court hearing, or to ever allowed to speak in the Court?

• The jury trial was canceled "2-weeks" before it was to take place, and after waiting 18-months?

• The 1st judge quit the case (recused) after being confronted with the law, statutes, and code numbers recited by the plaintiffs in his chambers?

• Another judge (Pro tem Chief District Judge) disappeared and did not show up for a scheduled Court hearing after ruling against developer Smith & Douglas the week before?

• The next judge could not hear the case because the "case file" MYSTERIOUSLY disappeared from the Court's records vault? (the infamous clerical error)

• The next judge "railroaded in chambers" the case stating "I don't have to read this monstrosity", then shook hands with the swindlers' attorney, apologized for missing the previous hearing and smiled.  He was then forced into mandatory retirement thereafter since he reached 70-years of age.  Normally he would preside only over criminal cases, not civil, and worked in another county?

• There have been 4 separate court cases, 3 Courts, 2 States, and 16 different judges thus far involved in this injustice?

• The only judges that ever read Arthur & Gata's lawsuit were the ones that are now long gone?

• Now the Appellate Court has refused to hear the case (2x) and DISMISSED as "Premature" citing "claims and counterclaims are inextricably intertwined", since the frivolous slander counterclaim remains unresolved in the lower tribunal, which is not being pursued in court.  Is this not a VIOLATION of DUE PROCESS and  "Constitutional Rights" (The14th Amendment)? 

• NO judge has been assigned to the case now since 2008?

• These NEW and improved violations of law are MUCH MORE SERIOUS "legally speaking" than the original offenses and would include the following: Corruption, Collusion, Conspiracy, Racketeering, Fraudulent Conveyance, Denying Due Process of Law, etc.

• One attempt was made by the Postal Inspector to prosecute for "mail fraud".  The prosecutors knew more about this case than the "official case record" file included, and their office in Alachua county, not Bradford County?  The common denominator is they all work together in the same office location as Chief District Judge Frederick D. Smith?

• The Florida Dept. of Law Enforcement went to arrest Steve & Edith Smith, and Wayne Douglas in 2008, however the Alachua prosecutors REFUSED to sign the indictment, and again were more familiar with the case than the official record?

• And these law breakers hide behind the Church?

But where is the regulatory authorities to uphold the law? ie: HUD in Washington, DC, Florida Division of Land Sales, Florida Real Estate Commission, Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Federal Trade Commission, Federal Bureau of investigation, Governor Charlie Crist, Attorney General Bill McCollum, the State Attorney or Title Insurance Company, etc., etc., etc.???

Appellees marketed, represented, and sold to the Appellants a 1.89 acre home-site comprised primarily of Jurisdictional Wetlands that are State owned by virtue of sovereignty, and restrict the majority of the property purchased from any development whatsoever.  The Appellees do not deny this fact and admit having knowledge of the wetlands existence prior to the sale. 

Appellant's claim solely argues the restrictions were concealed and not disclosed in the sales contract which stated otherwise, and the omission of material facts is deceptive and fraudulent in violation of the Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act, 15 U.S.C §1703(a)(2), and 24 C.F.R. §1710.4(b) and (c).  Additionally, since a violation of any law, statute, rule, or ordinance which proscribes unfair methods of competition, or unfair, deceptive, or unconscionable acts or practices is a per se violation of Fla. Stat. §501.203 Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act. See Trotta v. Lighthouse Point Land Company, LLC., WL 413962 (S.D. Fla. 2008)

Appellee's arguments whether their personal contact with the Appellants was direct or indirect, the value of the property, or that a 40' feet x 40' feet area exists suitable for the development of a home are irrelevant and unmeritorious.  Regardless, the minimum area by law to construct, build, and develop any property in Florida without utilities requiring a well and septic (mandatory) is 100' feet x 218' feet, or one half (½) acre per Fla. Stat. §381.0065(4)(a) and F.A.C. 64E-6.005(7)(a)-(b).  Therefore the restrictions render the property worthless and without value for any real estate purpose or single family residential use. 

The subdivision consists of thirty eight (38) lots, and is not exempt under 15 U.S.C §1702(a) or 24 C.F.R. §1710.6.  Any sales practices excluding the disclosure of material facts to the general public are misleading and would operate as fraud and deceit upon a purchaser, and contrary to 15 U.S.C §1703(a)(2)(A)–(C), and 24 C.F.R. §1715.25(c) and (h).  Additionally this method of sale employed is unlawful per 24 C.F.R. §1715.20(i)(1)-(2), and (4).

MORE INFORMATION AND LAW HERE  

Millions of dollars are now paid by US taxpayers to fund HUD (Housing and Urban Development), Florida Real Estates Commission, US Postal Inspection Service, Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Division of Land Sales, Department of Law Enforcement, and others.  However the protection of these government sponsored regulatory agencies are simply an illusion!  Three US citizens can get MORE accomplished with the aid of like-minded individuals from ebay for CONSIDERABLY LESS than your tax dollars now.  The justice system should NOT BE FOR SALE TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER.  This is unconstitutional. 

Please see this site for more information STOP FRAUD!!!    http://floridacourts.angelfire.com

Don't believe the government regulatory agencies actually stand by and just watch people get ripped off???  We'll read a story from another person who dealt with exactly the same agencies as we did.  Didn't do her much good either!

Flipping fraud ignored by police and prosecutors

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