BILL SIMMONS

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA

Citator

Cited By

• Ada Gannett v. William F. King et ux., 108 So. 2d 299 (Fla. 2d DCA 1959)
  …s and became obligated to pay an attorney’s fee for clearing a title as the result of a breach. Gore v. General Properties Corporation, 1942, 149 Fla. 690, 6 So. 2d 837, 141 A.L.R. 476; and General Properties Corporation v. Gore, 1943, 153 Fla. 236, 14 So. 2d 411. The reason for this is that such a claim has a contractual basis, because it arises out of a breach of warranty covenanted by a grantor to a grantee. However, in the present litigation, the additional amount claimed for attorney’s fee for services…
• Fong v. Batton, 214 So. 2d 649 (Fla. 3d DCA 1968)
  …the courts uniformly hold that the grantee cannot and should not be permitted to recover more than nominal damages for a technical breach of the covenant of seizin. 47 So. 2d 624, 626.” See also General Properties Corporation v. Gore, 153 Fla. 236,14 So. 2d 411. We must note also that, when determining damages, the lower court should cause the covenantee to account for the reasonable value of what he has had. 6 Powell on Real Property § 905 (1968). Plaintiff here [*653] enjoyed six years of undisturbed oc…
• In re ST. Laurent v. Ambrose, 991 F.2d 672 (11th Cir. 1993)
  …y incurred by the plaintiff in removing the encumbrance.... It cannot be questioned that counsel fees incurred by plaintiff in obtaining a decree in the suit to quiet title ... was the controlling factor of damages. General Properties Corp. v. Gore, 14 So. 2d 411, 415 (Fla.1943). The state court determined that the Owners were required to spend $48,705.22 toward attorney’s fees, costs and expenses to obtain releases from the mortgage held by First Federal. This figure constituted the Owners' damages under ei…