Consolidated Capital Corp. v. Chernoff

We affirm the judgment of the trial court which in effect found that the Statute of Frauds, section 725.01, Florida Statutes (1981), did not bar appellee’s claim. There was competent evidence on the basis of which the trial court could find that the obligation of appellant to pay for services rendered by appellee to appellant's subsidiary corporation was a direct, not a collateral, obligation. See Sanders v. Hodges, 109 Fla. 391, 147 So. 571 (1933); Clover Interior Systems, Inc. v. General Development Corp., 357 So.2d 459 (Fla. 2d DCA 1978); Troup Brothers, Inc. v. State of Florida, 135 So.2d…