Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2002

Kearns v. 8911 Normandy Beach, Inc.

Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided April 24, 2002 · Cope, Levy, Ramirez

814 So. 2d 516; 2002 Fla. App. LEXIS 5203; 2002 WL 662745 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

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Walker v. State (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2002)

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Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See The Florida Bar v. Joy, 679 So.2d 1165, 1167 (Fla. 1996) (citing United Am. Bank of Cent. Fla., Inc. v. Seligman, 599 So.2d 1014, 1016 (Fla. 5th DCA 1992)), (“In the absence of an express agreement, written or oral, the law will imply from the circumstances of the escrow that the agent has undertaken a legal obligation (l).to know the provisions and conditions of the principal agreement concerning the escrowed property, and (2) to exercise reasonable skill and ordinary diligence in holding and delivering possession of the escrowed property (i.e., to disburse the escrowed funds) in strict accordance with the principals’ agreement.”).

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