Cabre v. Brown

We are asked to determine the priority of two liens, one a landlord’s lien and the other a lien filed pursuant to Section 319.27(2), Florida Statutes (1975), securing a conditional sales contract on a mobile home. We reverse the final judgment and find the landlord’s lien the superior lien.

On November 30, 1973, appellant Augustus Cabré purchased two acres of land from Douglas and Betty Brown. The Browns had a mobile home located on the property which they agreed would be removed within two weeks. This was never done. The trailer remained on the property for almost three years, and Cabré filed…