Smith-Snagg has always denied the charge. She sold the property to Universal Orlando in 1993 for $1 million or $500,000 per acre ($11.48 per sf). Moore and his late wife Savannah didn't get a penny, Moore's lawsuit argues. Mrs. Moore died last year at 96.

Moore's lawyers, who work on a contingency basis, have tried to overturn the land sale in various courts since 1994. This week, Orange Circuit Court Judge Joseph Baker in Orlando may resolve the controversy with a final decision in a non-jury bench trial that began July 1.

At issue is Moore's signature. By law, he is permitted to sign with an X and ask another person to write his name for him below the X mark, lawyers intimate with similar allegations of fraud tell GlobeSt.com.