BEN D. WILDER, D/B/A SOUTHLAND COMPANIES, APPELLANT,
v.
DONALD H. ALTMAN AND RUTH B. ALTMAN, HIS WIFE, JOINTLY AND SEVERALLY, AND PAUL CAMPBELL AND LAURA CAMPBELL, HIS WIFE, JOINTLY AND SEVERALLY, APPELLEES

Fla. 3d DCA | 1965-10-26
No. 65-107
Before HENDRY, C. J., and TILLMAN PEARSON and SWANN, JJ.
179 So. 2d 250 Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (1965) Positive Treatment
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Synopsis

This case involves a real estate broker appealing a judgment against him on his claims for a commission from the seller and for a portion of the deposit from the purchaser. The appellate court affirmed the lower court's decision due to the appellant's failure to provide a sufficient record to support his arguments.


Holding

No, the trial court did not err. The appellate court affirmed the judgment because the appellant failed to present a record sufficient to support the points raised on appeal.


Key Quotes

“It is incumbent upon the appellant to present a record which is sufficient to support the points raised on appeal.”

Establishes the appellant's burden of proof regarding the record on appeal.

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Facts & Procedural History

A real estate broker sued the sellers for a commission and the purchasers for half the deposit after a real estate sale failed to close. The purchaser…

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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

The appellant, a real estate broker, was the plaintiff in the trial court He appeals a final judgment which was entered' after a non-jury trial. The complaint joined two causes of action that arose out of a proposed real estate sale which was. not consummated. They were: (1) against the seller for a broker’s commission; (2) against the purchaser for one-half the deposit placed on the property. The purchaser, appellee, counterclaimed for a return of the deposit.

The trial judge entered an order granting summary judgment for the purchaser on the broker’s claim. At the conclusion of the trial, the court entered final judgment against the broker bn his claim against the seller. Judgment was also entered for the purchaser, counter-plaintiff, against the broker, appellant, on the counterclaim.

*251 The three points presented urge that the trial court erred in finding against the broker, appellant, upon his claim for a commission from the proposed seller, appellee. Each of these points require this Court to assume facts which do not appear in the record. It is incumbent upon the appellant to present a record which is sufficient to support the points raised on appeal. Johnson v. Roberts, Fla.1955, 79 So.2d 425; Greene v. Hoiriis, Fla.App.1958, 103 So.2d 226; Hall v. Davis, Fla.App.1958, 106 So.2d 599; Brown v. Householder, Fla.App.1961, 134 So.2d 801. In the absence of a proper record, the judgment must be affirmed. Greene v. Hoiriis, supra; Brown v. Householder, supra.

Affirmed.


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