GlobeSt.com UPDATE: Judge to Rule This Week on Forgery Issue in Universal Orlando Land Squabble

ORLANDO-After eight years of litigation, 92-year-old Clarence Moore will learn this week if a court of law believes he never signed a transfer deed to his two-acre homestead that Universal Orlando bought for $1 million ($11.48 per sf) in 1987.

Moore says his name and X symbol on the deed are forgeries, allegedly made or orchestrated by his married granddaughter, Mary Jean Smith-Snagg of Oakland, CA. The granddaughter denies the charge and tells the judge Moore simply forgot he signed the deed.

The two witnesses to the alleged transfer died several years ago. Moore’s wife, Savannah, died last year at 96. She purportedly also witnessed Moore’s signature being placed on the deed, lawyers for Universal argue.