Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1986

Gunn v. Tallahassee Board of Realtors

Gunn v. Tallahassee Board of Realtors
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided June 24, 1986 · Mills, Nimmons, Wentworth
490 So. 2d 212; 11 Fla. L. Weekly 1409; 1986 Fla. App. LEXIS 8442 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Gunn v. Tallahassee Board of Realtors

Opinion of the Court

WENTWORTH, Judge.

Appellant seeks review of a final summary judgment entered in a declaratory judgment action, asserting that no factual issue and no actual controversy was presented and that the court below thus should have declined to enter a judgment and dismissed the action. We find that a sufficient controversy was presented so as to authorize a declaratory judgment. We further find, consistent with appellant’s contention that no disputed factual issue exists, that it was appropriate for the court to resolve the action by entry of a summary judgment. See Pancoast v. Pancoast, 97 So.2d 875 (Fla. 2d DCA 1957); cf., Fla.R.Civ.P. 1.510(a). We therefore affirm the order appealed.

MILLS, J., concurs. NIMMONS, J., dissents with written opinion.

Dissenting Opinion

NIMMONS, Judge,

dissenting.

I would reverse. In my opinion, summary judgment was improper. I do not believe that one could properly conclude from the pleadings and affidavit, which were before the trial court, that there was no genuine issue of material fact.

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