Legal Opinion
Strategic Empowerment for Economic Development, Inc. v. South Dade Realty, Inc.
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided July 29, 2009No. 3D08-2995Published
1Opinion of the CourtShepherd, J.
Strategic Empowerment for Economic Development, Inc. (SEED), the seller in a commercial real estate transaction, appeals an interlocutory order granting its motion to dissolve a lis pendens filed by broker, South Dade Realty, Inc. (SDR), to the extent it purports to encumber or cloud title to the real property subject to the contract for sale, see § 475.42(l)(j), Fla. *261Stat. (2008) (prohibiting real estate brokers and salesmen from encumbering real property to collect a commission), but in the same breath ordering that “The Notice of Lis Pendens shall constitute an equitable lien upon the net…
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