JOSEPH BELLEME, APPELLANT,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Am. Quick Sign, Inc. v. Reinhardt, 899 So. 2d 461 (Fla. 5th DCA 2005)
  …51 So. 2d 505, 511 (Fla. 2d DCA 1984)). Documents that convey easements should be construed in the same manner as contracts, and so we turn to the inveterate rules of contract construction for guidance. One Harbor Fin. Ltd. Co. v. Hynes Props., LLC, 884 So. 2d 1039 (Fla. 5th DCA 2004). Of these, we begin with the general principle that in reviewing the documents creating an easement, if the language is clear, concise, and unambiguous, we must give effect to the terms as stated without resort to other rules of…
• H.A. Buie, Jr. v. Bluebird Landing Owner's Ass'n, Inc., 172 So. 3d 519 (Fla. 1st DCA 2015)
  …due effect to the “and.” Which leads to the issue of what to do about an “easement” granted in the absence of a stated purpose. The term “easement” encompasses the right to use the land of another. One Harbor Fin. Ltd. Co. v. Hynes Properties, LLC, 884 So. 2d 1039, 1044 (Fla. 5th DCA 2004) (citing Black’s Law Dictionary 527 (Bryan A. Garner ed., 7th ed. West 1999)). But, as [*522] Appellee notes, an easement is a right to use another’s land “for some particular purpose or purposes.” Id.; Hayes v. Reynolds, 13…
• SHM Cape Harbour, LLC v. Realmark Meta, LLC, 335 So. 3d 754 (Fla. 2d DCA 2022)
  …14 (Fla. 2d DCA 1993)). "[A]n easement is a right to use another's land 'for some particular purpose or purposes.' " Buie v. Bluebird Landing Owner's Ass'n, 172 So. 3d 519, 522 (Fla. 1st DCA 2015) (quoting One Harbor Fin. Ltd. v. Hynes Props., LLC, 884 So. 2d 1039, 1044 (Fla. 5th DCA 2004)). "[A]n appurtenant easement is a permanent easement running with the land and passes as an incident to it." Morris v. Winbar LLC, 273 So. 3d 176, 178-79 (Fla. 1st DCA 2019) (first citing McCorquodale v. Keyton, 63 So. 2d…

Authorities Cited

• Gissendanner v. State, 373 So. 2d 898 (Fla. 1979)
• Robinson v. State, 373 So. 2d 898 (Fla. 1979)