Pepe Coin Laundries, Inc. v. Catovest International, Inc.
Pepe Coin Laundries, Inc. v. Catovest International, Inc.
Opinion of the Court
Pepe Coin Laundries, Inc., plaintiff below, appeals from a summary final judgment in favor of appellee Catovest International, Inc., in which the trial court held that Catovest did not have any notice of a lease prior to purchasing the building where Pepe Coin Laundries’ machines were located. We affirm.
Section 695.01(1), Florida Statutes (2000), states: “No ... lease for a term of 1 year or longer, shall be good and effectual in law or equity against creditors or subsequent purchasers for a valuable consideration and without notice, unless the same be recorded according to law.” It is uncontested that the lease in this case was not recorded and Catovest did not have actual notice of the existence of a laundry space lease.
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