EDSEL POSEY, APPELLANT,
v.
FORD MOTOR COMPANY, A CORPORATION, AND A. BRUCE CARR, INDIVIDUALLY AND DOING BUSINESS AS PENSACOLA TRACTOR COMPANY, APPELLEES
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In this second appeal in a warranty dispute, the Florida District Court of Appeal reversed summary judgments for Ford Motor Company and a tractor dealer, holding that genuine issues of fact existed regarding breach of warranty claims that should have gone to trial rather than being decided on summary judgment.
The court held that genuine issues of material fact existed as to whether there was a breach of warranty, express or implied, by Ford Motor Company, and as to whether Carr, acting in his individual capacity independent of his connection with the tractor company, was bound by any warranty. Therefore, summary judgment was improper and the cases must proceed to trial.
“we are constrained to hold that there exists a genuine issue of fact as to whether there was a breach of warranty, express or implied, on the part of defendant Ford Motor Company, and as to whether defendant Carr, acting in his individual capacity and independent of any connection he may have with defendant Ford Motor Company, is bound by any warranty on his part, express or implied”
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This is the second appeal involving this cause. In Posey v. Ford Motor Company (Fla.App.), 128 So.2d 149, we held, that the complaint, quoted therein, stated a cause of action. This is an appeal from final judgments for the respective defendants entered pursuant to an order granting their joint motions for summary judgment. The basis for the order is set out *782in a letter of the trial judge (in the nature of findings), dated June 30, 1961, addressed to counsel for the parties, stating:
“The Court will grant the Motion of the Defendant Motor Company for Summary Judgment because the deposition of the Plaintiff reveals this Defendant made no warranty as alleged in the Complaint, and no such warranty was relied upon, and further for the reason that there is no privity of contract between Ford Motor Company and Plaintiff.
“The Court will grant the Motion of Defendant Carr for Summary Judgment since the depositions and exhibits indicate he was acting as agent for Pensacola Tractor and Equipment Company, Inc., and the agent is not liable unless fraud or deceit is shown.”
The sole question for determination is whether the trial court erred in entering the summary final judgments. The evidentiary proofs before the court when the judgments were entered consisted of (1) an affidavit by defendant A. Bruce Carr, (2) a discovery deposition of plaintiff, Edsel Posey, (3) a discovery deposition of defendant Carr, and (4) an affidavit of plaintiff Posey. Construing the proofs and the pleadings in accordance with the decision of this court filed herewith in the case of Edsel Posey, appellant, v. Pensacola Tractor & Equipment Company, Inc., appellee, being Case No. D-38 of the serial numbers of this court, we are constrained to hold that there exists a genuine issue of fact as to whether there was a breach of warranty, express or implied, on the part of defendant Ford Motor Company, and as to whether defendant Carr, acting in his individual capacity and independent of any connection he may have with defendant Ford Motor Company, is bound by any warranty on his part, express or implied, hence the court erred in entering the mentioned summary final judgments.
Reference is made to the remarks in our opinion filed herewith in the suit of Posey v. Pensacola Tractor & Equipment Company, Inc., 138 So.2d 777, concerning the situation presented by the pendency at the same time of this suit in the Court of Record and a similar suit in the Circuit Court of Escambia County. We acknowledge that no such issue is involved by the appeals and that our suggestion for a procedural remedy is gratuitous. We have done so to the end that unnecessary litigation and expense may possibly be avoided by following the course there suggested.
For the reasons stated the subject final judgments must be and they are hereby
Reversed.
CARROLL, DONALD K., C. J., and RAWLS, J., concur.
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Edsel Posey v. Pensacola Tractor & Equip. Co., Inc., 138 So. 2d 777 (Fla. 1st DCA 1962)…d in the deposition. Except for the difference in parties, the complaint herein is substantially the same as in the action pending in the Court of Record, which is also on appeal and is disposed of by our decision in Case No. D-58 released herewith, 138 So. 2d 781. The complaint in D-58 is set out in full in Posey v. Ford Motor Company (Fla.App.), 128 So. 2d 149, a former decision of this court holding the complaint in that cause sufficient to state a cause of action. The trial court, in an order granting de…
Authorities Cited
- Edsel Posey v. Pensacola Tractor & Equip. Co., Inc., 138 So. 2d 777 (Fla. 1st DCA 1962)
- Edsel Posey v. Ford Motor Co., 128 So. 2d 149 (Fla. 1st DCA 1961)