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(2) The Acimi.nistrator ~ imnnediately after
being so appointed, sold the citrus crop belonging
torthe Estate for e total of $5,000.00. Approxi- .
mately one year before. the deceased, PERRY CARLTON,
-while alive, sold the previous year's harvest from
the same land area for $12,500.00. to the same buyers. ~
~ (3) Before the First National Bank of Fort i
Pierce was appointed Administrator of this Estate s
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all property owners were paid for oil exploration
rights on the Allapatah and the Bluefield propertfes.
Not only did the Adm~nistrator not ob3ect when the
oil companies woriced on the ~iades Cut-~if ~igi~-~f-
way which ran through the said properties, but the
Administrator failed to ask for and receive payment ~
~ as in the~past for the oil exploration rights.
(4) During the first~ two years of the
. administra:tion of the Estate by the Bank, the Admin-
istrator leased the hunting rights to certain parties
_ by way of private contract without seeking bids or
giving the heirs an opportunity to bid for these -
hunting rights. When a protest was made, the Admin-
istrator thQn secured a Court Order to cover its
actions retroactively.
(5) There came a time in the administration
of the Estate whereby the Administrator recom~ended ~
selling all of the Estate property to one entity,
Evans Properties...for less than other bids made at ~
previous attempted sales. In addition, the Admin-
istrator allowed Evans Properties to haul off~hundreds
of thousands of cubic qards of fill from the Allapatah
property that was worth at least $1.00 per cubic yard.
(6) Severe damage to the Estate was realizeci
by the action of the Administrator when that Bank
stopped all work and fertilizing of orange groves,
without any apparent justification.
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