Herrick v. Southeast Bank, NA

512 So.2d 1029 (1987)

Peter Stanwood HERRICK and Ingrid S. Herrick, Appellants,

v.

SOUTHEAST BANK, N.A., Appellee.

No. 86-2202.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

September 1, 1987.

Rehearing Denied October 13, 1987.

Cohen & Silver and Robert H. Yaffe and Patricia Silver, Miami, for appellants.

Haley, Sinagra, Perez and Sara R. Robinson, Miami, for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J. and NESBITT and BASKIN, JJ.

SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.

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