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515 So. 2d 1064

515 So.2d 1064

12 Fla.L.Weekly 2707

Coraci v. Hogan

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided November 25, 1987

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 1987-11-25

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently January 2005

2 state decisions

Relies on 502 So. 2d 484 - Publix Super Markets v. Cheesbro Roofing · 275 So. 2d 521 - Trustees of Tufts College v. Triple R. Ranch, Inc.

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Decided 1987-11-25

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UPCHURCH, Chief Judge.

¶1We reverse the final summary judgment of the Circuit Court for Orange County, probate division, imposing a constructive trust in favor of appellee over a mineral interest in property located in Volusia County. We find that the lower court lacked subject matter jurisdiction because: (1) the mineral interest, unlike the surface estate, was not owned by the decedent and thus was not an asset of the decedent’s estate but rather was a separate and distinct property interest which was not in a legal sense a cloud on appellee’s title to the surface estate as contended by appellee, see section 733.608, Florida Statutes (1985); Trustees of Tufts College v. Triple R. Ranch, Inc., 275 So.2d 521 (Fla.1973), and (2) the appellee’s action, which in reality was an action to quiet title to an interest in land, is subject to the local action rule and was required to be brought in Volusia County. See Publix Super Markets v. Cheesbro Roofing, 502 So.2d 484 (Fla. 5th DCA 1987). No petition for rehearing shall be entertained.

¶2REVERSED.

COBB and SHARP, JJ., concur.
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