CAROLINA HAMSHAW, F/K/A CAROLINA WRIGHT, APPELLANT,

v.

JOHN PARKE WRIGHT, IV, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Emergency Assocs. OF Tampa, P.A. v. Joseph A. Sassano, D.O., 664 So. 2d 1000 (Fla. 2d DCA 1995)
  …authorized to admit parol evidence to assist it in determining [*1003] the parties’ intent where the existence of some collateral or extraneous matter renders the contract’s application uncertain. United States v. South Atlantic Prod. Credit Ass’n, 606 So. 2d 691 (Fla. 1st DCA 1992). In this case, we can discern no uncertainty of meaning in the phrase “five (5) square miles” used by the parties on the face of their agreement such that this phrase is latently ambiguous. A square mile, according to its ordina…
• Green v. Life & Health OF Am., 704 So. 2d 1386 (Fla. 1998)
  …nc. v. Keating Properties, Inc., 489 So. 2d 99 (Fla. 2d DCA 1986); Boat Town U.S.A., Inc. v. Mercury Marine Div. of Brunswick Corp., 364 So. 2d 15 (Fla. 4th DCA 1978); United States ex rel. Small Business Admin. v. South Atlantic Prod. Credit Ass’n, 606 So. 2d 691 (Fla. 1st DCA 1992). In applying those established principles to this case, we cannot ignore the fact that Life & Health chose to draft and incorporate a different “knowledge and belief” standard in its application, thereby bypassing the rigid stat…
• Wheeler v. Wheeler, Erwin & Fountain, P.A., 964 So. 2d 745 (Fla. 1st DCA 2007)
  …Montgomery, 624 So. 2d 850, 851 (Fla. 1st DCA 1993). Extrinsic evidence is admissible regarding the intent of parties to a contract only if a latent ambiguity exists. E.g., United States on Behalf of Small Bus. Admin, v. S. Atl. Prod. Credit Ass’n, 606 So. 2d 691, 695 (Fla. 1st DCA 1992). “A latent ambiguity arises when a contract on its face appears clear and unambiguous, but fails to specify the rights [*750] or duties of the parties in certain situations.” E.g., Jenkins v. Eckerd Corp., 913 So. 2d 43, 52-…

Authorities Cited

• Honorable Clyde B. Wells v. Ward, 314 So. 2d 138 (Fla. 1975)