CHESTER LARRY PATTERSON, APPELLANT,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

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• The Dep't OF Motor Vehicles of the State of Fla. v. Mercedes-Benz OF N. Am., Inc., 408 So. 2d 627 (Fla. 2d DCA 1981)
  …s of the state of New Jersey. It is well established that when the parties to a contract have indicated their intention as to the law which is to govern, it will be governed by such law in accordance with the intent of the parties. Hirsch v. Hirseh, 309 So. 2d 47 (Fla. 3rd DCA 1975). The language used in the contract is the best evidence of the intent of the parties at the time they entered into the contract. Boat Town USA v. Mercury Marine Division, 364 So. 2d 15 (Fla. 4th DCA 1978). In addition to the exp…
• Mar. Ltd. P'ship v. Greenman Advertising Assocs., Inc., 455 So. 2d 1121 (Fla. 4th DCA 1984)
  …rmore, it is well recognized that contracting parties can agree on what state law is to apply without doing violence to public policy. Dept. of Motor Vehicles v. Mercedes-Benz of No. Am., Inc., 408 So. 2d 627 (Fla. 2d DCA 1981) and Hirsch v. Hirsch, 309 So. 2d 47 (Fla. 3d DCA 1975). That being so, if one can choose the law of the forum, we fail to understand how arms length choice of the forum itself is anything other than a distinction without much of a difference. We recognize, however, that our ruling her…
• Waltham A. Condo. Ass'n v. Vill. Mgmt., Inc., 330 So. 2d 227 (Fla. 4th DCA 1976)
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