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342 So. 2d 1036

Sullivan v. Bloom

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided February 18, 1977

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 1977-02-18

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently February 1981

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Decided 1977-02-18

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TOM WADDELL, Jr., Associate Judge.

¶1The trial court entered a Summary Judgment in favor of the Plaintiffs on a promissory note. We reverse.

¶2One of the Plaintiffs, Frank J. DeCesare, (apparently one of the corporation officers, though not so designated), signed a contract as did one of the Defendants, Paulette N. Lee, for the sale of real propérty. The contract provided for a purchase money mortgage secured by the note sued upon. The contract included the following — “Es-culpatory (sic) Clause: The property shall be the sale as set for reclaim for deposit and in no event shall the maker be personally liable for this indebtedness”.

¶3The Defendants contend that through an oversite the “Esculpatory Clause” was deleted from the note. They further contend that all parties to the transaction intended that the makers of the note would not be personally liable, (note — the clause uses the word “maker” not “buyer” or “purchaser”, the words used elsewhere in the contract to designate this party).

¶4The Plaintiffs argue that this clause applied to another promissory note, not involved in this law suit.

¶5The trial judge sitting as the trier of facts in this non jury case may well decide against these Defendants, but when hearing a Motion for Summary Judgment must not weigh the evidence.

¶6Reversed and Remanded.

MAGER, C. J., and CROSS, J., concur.
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