Schumacher Properties, Inc. v. Rellinger

CORTIÑAS, Judge.

The Defendant, Schumacher Properties, Inc. (“Schumacher”), appeals from a final order granting co-defendant’s, Lawrence Rellinger’s (“Rellinger”), motion for judgment on the pleadings and denying Schu-macher attorney’s fees.

Schumacher was a real estate brokerage and escrow agent which marketed and ultimately obtained a written contract for the sale of Rellinger’s property in Key Largo, Florida to Fred A. Ross, Jr. (“Ross”). After executing the contract and paying a $25,000 deposit, Ross discovered that Monroe County had no record of any permits or inspections for the…