School Board may sue over land: Dispute arises over promise to set aside site for a new school.

From: Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL) | Date: June 16, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Robert Sargent

Jun. 16--TAVARES -- The Lake County School Board has filed a lawsuit against the family of local attorney and former state Sen. Richard Langley to settle a dispute over 40 acres of land pledged for a future school in Mascotte. The Langleys agreed last year to turn over a site near County Road 33 for a new school. The School Board then dropped a lawsuit to block Mascotte's annexation of other property that the Langleys had planned for residentia...

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