MAC KLEIN AND ANNE KLEIN, APPELLANTS,
v.
BARRETT M. ROTHENBERG AND SAMUEL FELDMAN, APPELLEES

Fla. 3d DCA | 1974-11-26
No. 74-892
Before PEARSON, HENDRY and HAVERFIELD, JJ.
305 So. 2d 78 Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (1974) Positive Treatment
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Synopsis

The court affirmed a summary judgment against an endorser of a promissory note, holding that the endorser was liable for the full amount of the note despite the maker's contention that payment was contingent on a specific fund.


Holding

The court held that Rothenberg, as an endorser, was liable for the face amount of the note, as the note was a promise to pay and not merely an agreement to pay from a specific fund.


Facts & Procedural History

Mellow Music, Inc. sued Barrett M. Rothenberg as endorser on a $5,000 promissory note. Rothenberg argued he was only liable if paid from cigarette com…

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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

The appellants were the plaintiffs in an action claiming rescission of a contract of purchase and damages for alleged fraudulent representations made by the defendants as sellers to the plaintiffs as purchasers of an interest in a restaurant business. On this appeal from a summary final judgment for the defendants, the appellants present eighteen points but their main reliance is on the proposition that ordinarily fraud is not a proper subject of summary judgment. Bryant v. Small, Fla.App.1970, 236 So. 2d 150. As noted in the cited opinion, “This is not to say that there may not be unusual circumstances which will permit a summary judgment in a fraud or undue influence case, . . . ” Our review of this record convinces us that the summary judgment was properly entered in this case.

The pleadings, the depositions of the plaintiffs and the affidavits on file show conclusively that (1) as to the rescission action, the plaintiffs are equitably estopped to maintain the action and (2) as to the damage claim, no actionable fraud is alleged in the complaint or particularized in the depositions or affidavits.

Affirmed.


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