Karsteter v. Graham Companies

Full title: CHRIS KARSTETER, PETITIONER, v. THE GRAHAM COMPANIES F/K/A THE SENGRA…

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Mar 8, 1988

521 So. 2d 298 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988)

Opinion

No. 87-2084.

March 8, 1988.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Dade County, James C. Henderson, Michael Salmon and Martin Greenbaum, JJ.

Ress, Gomez, Rosenberg, Howland Mintz and Steven A. Edelstein, North Miami, for petitioner.

Wisehart Joyce and Elizabeth W. Joyce, Miami, for respondent.

Before BASKIN, FERGUSON, JORGENSON, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Section 83.60(2), Florida Statutes (1985), which requires a tenant asserting a right to possession to deposit rent into the court registry pending resolution of the litigation, is not unconstitutional. See Lindsey v. Normet, 405 U.S. 56, 92 S.Ct. 862, 31 L.Ed.2d 36 (1972); K.D. Lewis Enters. Corp. v. Smith, 445 So.2d 1032 (Fla. 5th DCA 1984). See § 718.401(4), Fla. Stat. (1985); Farrell v. Drew, 19 N.Y.2d 486, 281 N.Y.S.2d 1, 227 N.E.2d 824 (1967).

Certiorari denied.