HOWARD SCHONINGER, ETC., APPELLANT,
v.
K MART CORPORATION AND LEVITZ FURNITURE CORPORATION, APPELLEES

Fla. 3d DCA | 1989-05-16
No. 89-531
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J. and HUBBART and BASKIN, JJ.
543 So. 2d 372 Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (1989) Positive Treatment
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Synopsis

This case concerns lien priority between a mortgage holder (Whitice) and a judgment creditor (First Union Bank) regarding two parcels of property owned by Levitz, where Whitice's corrected mortgage aimed to include both parcels.


Holding

A corrected mortgage description does not relate back to the original execution date to make the lien superior to a prior judgment creditor's lien on property not included in the original description.


Facts & Procedural History

Whitice Bonding Agency held a mortgage on two parcels of property owned by Levitz, with First Union Bank holding a judgment lien on one parcel (lot 54…

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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See Lakeland Ideal Farm & Drainage Dist. v. Mitchell, 97 Fla. 890, 122 So. 516 (1929); see also Della-Donna v. Gore Newspaper Co., 390 So. 2d 87 (Fla. 3d DCA 1980), pet. for review denied, 399 So. 2d 1141 (Fla.1981).


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