Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1991

Ponton v. Bradley

Ponton v. Bradley
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided May 7, 1991 · Ferguson, Gersten, Jorgenson
588 So. 2d 593; 1991 Fla. App. LEXIS 4376; 1991 WL 72019 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Ponton v. Bradley

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Appellants in this dissolution of partnership action appeal from the trial court’s denial of a formal accounting after the court made an explicit finding that the parties had formed a partnership. Section 620.665(4), Florida Statutes (1989), provides that a “partner shall have the right to a formal account of partnership affairs at any ... reasonable time.” [Emphasis supplied]. The single question remaining is whether the court, in the exercise of its discretion, may deny a partner an accounting on grounds that the partnership was of a short duration and was financially uncomplicated. We conclude that it may not in light of the plain language of the statute. See also 8 Fla.Jur.2d Business Relationships § 588 (1978).

Reversed and remanded.

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