MOUNT SINAI HOSP. OF GREATER MIAMI, INC. v. JORDAN

No. 43696.

290 So.2d 484 (1974)

MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL OF GREATER MIAMI, INC., a Florida Corporation Not for Profit, Petitioner, v. Gladys B. JORDAN et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied March 20, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mallory H. Horton, Horton & Perse, Miami, and Lloyd L. Ruskin, Miami Beach, for petitioner.

Davis W. Duke, Jr., McCune, Hiaasen, Crum, Ferris & Gardner, Fort Lauderdale, for respondents.

Joe N. Unger, Miami Beach, for amicus curiae, The Greater Miami Jewish Federation.

Woodrow M. Melvin, Jr., and Mark V. Silverio, Mershon, Sawyer, Johnston, Dunwody & Cole, Miami, for amicus curiae, University of Miami.


McCAIN, Justice.

We have for review a decision of the Third District Court of Appeal which passed upon a question certified by that court to be of great public interest. We have jurisdiction pursuant to Art. V, § 3(b)(3), Constitution of Florida, F.S.A.

The salient facts establish that Harry M. Burt executed two pledges of $50,000.00 each in 1968. These pledges were delivered to the petitioner and provided in pertinent part:

"In consideration...

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