Equitable Conversion

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• Burrill v. United States
  1 F. Supp. 2d 1451· M.D. Fla.· 1998-04-13 ·cited 1×
  The court held that summary judgment is inappropriate because the question of whether the transfer of the condominium unit was made with fraudulent intent to hinder creditors is a material issue of fact requiring trial.
• Posnansky v. Breckenridge Ests. Corp.
  621 So. 2d 736· Fla. 4th DCA· 1993-06-16 ·cited 1×
  In this vendee's lien foreclosure action, the court affirmed judgment in favor of Glendale Federal Bank based on the plaintiffs' subordination agreement, but reversed and remanded to enter final judgment against Breckenridge Estates Corporation, the property owner, which had defa
• Epoch Props., Inc. v. City of Palmetto
  M.D. Fla.· 2025-03-04
  The court held that Epoch has standing as a real party in interest and sufficiently alleged equitable title, but dismissed Epoch's per se takings claim because the property retained some economic value.
• IN & FOR Sussex Cnty. Protect Our Indian River
  Del. Super. Ct.· 2015-07-02
  The Delaware Superior Court affirmed the Sussex County Board of Adjustment's (BOA) decision to grant a special use exception to Allen Harim Foods, LLC (Harim) for a chicken processing plant. The court held that BOA properly exercised its jurisdiction, Harim had standing as an equ
• Metz v. United States
  933 F.2d 802· 10th Cir.· 1991-05-06
  A lifetime service contract for property in exchange for care until death does not transfer title by equitable conversion at the time of the contract, but rather upon the death of the property owner.
• United States v. BIG Value Supermarkets, Inc.
  898 F.2d 493· 6th Cir.· 1990-03-12
  A vendee's interest in real property under an Ohio land installment contract is not limited to the amount paid on the contract, and a federal tax lien attaches to the full extent of that interest.
• Dominion Bank, N.A. v. Wilson
  867 F.2d 203· 4th Cir.· 1989-02-08
  A debtor's exercised option to purchase real estate, under the doctrine of equitable conversion, constitutes an interest in real property, not personal property, and therefore is not covered by a UCC security agreement that excludes real estate interests.
• Upper Keys Citizens Ass'n, Inc. v. Schloesser
  407 So. 2d 1051· Fla. 3d DCA· 1981-12-29
  Upper Keys Citizens Association challenged a zoning board's approval of a residential-to-tourist district rezoning in Key Largo, arguing that the approval violated a Florida statute requiring a four-fifths vote when 20% or more of adjoining property holders oppose the change. The
• Bear v. Commissioner OF Internal Revenue
  650 F.2d 1167· 10th Cir.· 1981-06-10
  The court held that the contract for the sale of inventory lots did not qualify as a disposition to one person in one transaction under I.R.C. § 337(b)(2), thus gain was recognized.
• The Dep't OF Revenue of the State of Fla. v. Mesmer
  345 So. 2d 384· Fla. 1st DCA· 1977-04-29
  The court held that an assignment of a contract for the sale of real property, which transfers equitable title, constitutes a taxable transaction under Florida's documentary stamp tax statutes.
• Herbert Goldberg ad litem of the Estate of Stanley W. Boyda v. Harriete Michalik
  237 So. 2d 298· Fla. 2d DCA· 1970-06-19
  Harriete Michalik sought a portion of the proceeds from the sale of four contiguous real estate blocks, claiming she was entitled to the net proceeds attributable to Block 8, which she owned in fee simple, while her deceased father owned Blocks 9-11. The court upheld her claim ba
• Oxley v. Wilson
  404 F.2d 1052· 10th Cir.· 1968-12-24
  The court held that the trial court correctly interpreted the parties' intent, finding the buyer's agreement was subject to the seller's ability to sell to the City under the terms of the City's option.
• Ullman v. Grainger
  396 F.2d 635· 9th Cir.· 1968-06-18
  The court held that the bankruptcy trustee had the right to abandon the contract for the sale of property because the contract explicitly allowed abandonment if possession could not be delivered, and the parties' subsequent communications did not alter this right.
• The Detroit Motel, Inc. v. State Rd. Dep't of Fla.
  206 So. 2d 469· Fla. 2d DCA· 1968-01-31
  In this condemnation case involving a motel property taken by the State Road Department, the court dismissed an appeal filed by Detroit Motel, Inc. against First Federal Savings & Loan Association because the appeal was untimely, filed more than 60 days after a final judgment on
• United States v. LaRue Ford
  377 F.2d 93· 8th Cir.· 1967-05-23
  Interests passing to a surviving spouse via joint tenancy or beneficiary designation are not rendered non-deductible terminable interests by a subsequent joint and mutual will, even if that will is contractual.