DADE-COMMONWEALTH T. INS. CO. v. NORTH DADE BAR ASS'N

No. 32079.

152 So.2d 723 (1963)

DADE-COMMONWEALTH TITLE INSURANCE CO., the Drummond-Blow Title Co., and National Title Insurance Company, Petitioners, v. NORTH DADE BAR ASSOCIATION, INC., and Joe E. Ludick, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied May 21, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sibley, Grusmark, Giblin, King & Levenson and Vincent C. Giblin, Miami Beach, for petitioners.

Snyder, Young & Stern, No. Miami Beach, and W. Barry Swope, Miami Shores, for respondents.

Wm. H. Rogers, Jacksonville, amicus curiae.


THOMAS, Justice.

This controversy had its inception in a complaint filed by North Dade Bar Association described as a corporation not for profit composed of lawyers practicing in the northern section of Dade County. The defendants were averred to be corporations engaged in business as title companies representing dealers in real estate and receiving compensation for their services "under the guise or subterfuge" that the money was received as "escrow" fees and so...

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