E.N. Belcher v. Belcher

Full title: E.N. BELCHER, III, APPELLANT, v. JOHN ANTHONY BELCHER, JR., ET AL.…

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Jul 13, 1993

619 So. 2d 978 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1993)

Opinion

No. 92-1517.

April 20, 1993. Rehearing Denied July 13, 1993.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Dade County; Martin Greenbaum, Judge.

Floyd, Pearson, Richman, Greer, Weil, Brumbaugh Russomanno and Alan G. Greer and Robert J. Borrello, Miami, for appellant.

Adams Quinton and A. Edward Quinton, III, Miami, for appellees.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and FERGUSON and COPE, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. Amisub of Fla., Inc. v. Billington, 560 So.2d 1271 (Fla. 3d DCA 1990); State Farm Fire Casualty Co. v. Pritcher, 546 So.2d 1060 (Fla. 3d DCA 1989); Mortgage Corp. of America v. Inland Constr. Co., 447 So.2d 990 (Fla. 3d DCA 1984), pet. for review denied, 456 So.2d 1182 (Fla. 1984); see also Hensley Inc. Co. v. Echols, 159 Fla. 324, 31 So.2d 625 (1947); Bryan v. Justice, 247 So.2d 340 (Fla. 3d DCA 1971), cert. denied, 250 So.2d 898 (Fla. 1971).

SCHWARTZ, C.J., and FERGUSON, J., concur.

COPE, Judge (dissenting).

As the trustee breached a duty owed to the co-trustee, see Ball v. Mills, 376 So.2d 1174, 1182 (Fla. 1st DCA 1979), cert. denied, 388 So.2d 1116 (Fla. 1980), a good claim has been stated under the wrongful act doctrine. I would reverse the judgment.