Legal Opinion · Dissent

Horizons North Condominium No. 1 Ass'n v. Norbro I

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided September 12, 1989No. 89-190Published

1DissentJorgenson, Judge

I respectfully dissent. Because the term “purchaser” is not defined in any of the documents in this case, we should ascribe to that term its ordinary meaning. See Granados Quinones v. Swiss Bank Corp., 509 So.2d 273, 275 (Fla.1987) (“Words contained in the agreement should be given ‘a natural meaning or the meaning most commonly understood in relation to the subject matter and circumstances’.”) (citation omitted). “One looks to the dictionary for the plain and ordinary meaning of words.” Specialty Restaurants Corp. v. City of Miami, 501 So.2d 101 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987). Accord Mandelstam v. City…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Granados Quinones v. Swiss Bank Corp.Supreme Court of Florida · 1987
  2. Specialty Restaurants Corp. v. City of MiamiDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1987
  3. Florida Dept. of Revenue v. De MariaSupreme Court of Florida · 1976
  4. Mandelstam v. CITY COM'N OF SOUTH MIAMIDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1988

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