Sandalwood 7160 LLC v. Gonzalo J. Estevez, et al.

Summary

The Florida Third District Court of Appeal affirmed a final judgment for the Estevez defendants in a dispute concerning the proposed sale of four properties. The court held that the record did not establish an enforceable agreement sufficiently definite and complete to support specific performance or breach-of-contract relief, citing Florida's statute of frauds and related contract principles.

Holdings

1. A court may grant specific performance only when the parties entered into an agreement that is definite, certain, and complete in all essential terms; the judgment rejecting Sandalwood's specific-performance claim was affirmed.
2. The final judgment rejecting Sandalwood's breach-of-contract claim was affirmed because Sandalwood did not establish a binding, enforceable agreement covering the sale of all four properties.

Questions Presented

1. Whether Sandalwood established an enforceable contract for the purchase and sale of all four properties sufficient to support specific performance.
2. Whether Sandalwood was entitled to recover for breach of contract based on the alleged agreement.

Disposition

affirmed