Legal Opinion
Douglass v. Buford
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided February 5, 2009No. 1D07-6462PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Per curiam
Before us is an appeal from a final declaratory judgment entered in a contract dispute. Once the appellee, A.L. Buford, Jr., the plaintiff below, abandoned his motion for summary judgment, the matter was set for non-jury trial. After a five-day trial, the trial court concluded that pertinent “contractual language” was “not ambiguous” and entered declaratory judgment on that basis.
Whether a contract is ambiguous is a question of law. We review questions of contractual ambiguity de novo. See Centennial Mortgage, Inc. v. SG/SC, Ltd., 772 So.2d 564, 565-66 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000). In the instant…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Hopkins v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1994
- Centennial Mortg., Inc. v. SG/SC, LTD.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 2000
- Castillo v. State Farm Florida Ins. Co.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 2007
- Farneth v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2006
- Barnett v. Destiny Owners Ass'n, Inc.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 2003
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