Legal Opinion
Keyes Co. v. Friedes
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided November 12, 1986No. 86-648PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Per curiam
This is an appeal by a plaintiff real estate broker from a final order awarding attorney’s fees to the defendant seller in an action to collect a real estate broker’s commission. The award was made pursuant to Section 57.105, Florida Statutes (1985). We reverse based on the following briefly stated legal analysis.
Although the defendant seller, Joseph Friedes, secured a judgment on the pleadings in the action below, which judgment was subsequently affirmed on appeal by this court, Keyes Co. v. Friedes, 478 So.2d 518 (Fla. 3d DCA 1985), we cannot say that “there was a complete absence of a…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Allen v. Estate of DuttonDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1980
- Fireman's Fund Insurance Companies v. RojasDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1984
- Cusick v. Condominium Marketing Consultants, Inc.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1983
- Keyes Co. v. FriedesDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1985
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