KENNETH S. KEYES, JR., APPELLANT,
v.
RYMER REALTY CORPORATION, A TENNESSEE CORPORATION; GRAF & JOHNSON, INCORPORATED, A NEW YORK CORPORATION; AND ROBERTA RYMER BALFE, APPELLEES

Fla. 3d DCA | 1969-03-04
No. 68-650
Before PEARSON, BARKDULL and HENDRY, JJ.
219 So. 2d 711 Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (1969)

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Synopsis

Kenneth Keyes, owner of a one-sixth interest in Perrine Shopping Center, appealed a partition judgment ordering the property sold at public sale rather than partitioned. The Florida appellate court affirmed the trial court's determination that the shopping center property was indivisible and could not be physically partitioned without prejudice to the owners.


Holding

The trial court properly found the property indivisible under Florida statute and substantial evidence supported the partition and sale order. The court did not err in striking allegations regarding family relationships and financial status, and the motion to amend for private sale was untimely under procedural rules.


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“the subject property cannot be partitioned without prejudice to the owners”

Trial court's finding that the shopping center was indivisible, establishing substantial compliance with Florida statute for partition of indivisible property.

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Keyes owned a one-sixth interest in Perrine Shopping Center, a commercial property with multiple tenants operating under a covenant of common title an…

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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

Appellant seeks review of a judgment of partition and order of sale. It appears that the appellant is the owner of a one-sixth interest in certain property known as Perrine Shopping Center. The appellees own the remainder and brought the instant suit seeking to partition said property. The trial court found the property could not be physically partitioned without prejudice and ordered its partition and sale, directing a master to sell said property at a public sale for all cash above the existing mortgages.

The appellant urges, as points on appeal: (1) That the trial judge erred in not finding specifically that the property was indivisible. (2) That the plaintiffs failed to sustain the burden of proof. (3) That the trial judge erred in striking certain of the allegations of their answer, dealing with family relationship, financial position, etc. (4) That the trial judge erred in denying their motion to amend to permit a private sale. We affirm.

As to the first point, the judgment appealed clearly stated that the trial court found “the subject property cannot be partitioned without prejudice to the own*712ers”. This finding constitutes substantial compliance with § 64.061(4), Fla.Stat., F.S.A.1 See also: Boley v. Skinner, 38 Fla. 291, 20 So. 1017; 24 Fla.Jur., Partition, § 65; 40 Am.Jur., Partition, § 83; 68 C.J.S. Partition § 126 a.

As to the second point, it is apparent that this shopping center [which has a common private roadway] is under a covenant of common title and is operated for the common good of all the tenants; that many of the leases covering the various stores in the center limit the type of businesses that may be operated therein, and is clearly an enterprise that is indivisible. We find substantial competent evidence to support the prayer for relief. Dade County, etc. v. Pepper, Fla.App.1964, 168 So.2d 198; Miller v. Blue Cross of Florida, Inc., Fla.App.1967, 199 So.2d 131; Reserve Insurance Company v. Earle W. Day & Company, Fla.App.1968, 209 So.2d 709.

As to the third point, there was no error in the trial judge striking the allegations which went to the family relationship and financial status of the several parties. These are not matters to be considered on the right to partition. McCracken v. McCracken, 75 Cal.App.2d 872, 171 P.2d 944; Pack v. Ross, Ky.1954, 264 S.W.2d 887; Thomsen v. Thomsen, 196 Okl. 539, 166 P.2d 417, 164 A.L.R. 1426; Melvin v. Shaw, Okl. 1966, 418 P.2d 697. Whether these are matters that should be considered in determining the nature of the sale, whether private or public, is not before us at this time.

As to the last point, the failure of the trial judge to grant the motion to amend and order a private sale rather than a public sale, this motion was untimely under Rule 1.530, Florida Rules of Civil Procedure, 31 F.S.A., and no error was committed by the trial judge in failing to consider same. Miami Transit Company v. Ford, Fla.1963, 155 So.2d 360; Kippy Corporation v. Colburn, Fla.1965, 177 So.2d 193; Potetti v. Ben Lil, Inc., Fla.App.1968, 213 So.2d 270.

Therefore, for the reasons above stated, the final order of partition and sale here under review be and the same is hereby affirmed.

Affirmed.


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