BROWN v. RAIRIGH

No. 77-648.

363 So.2d 590 (1978)

Roger BROWN, Appellant, v. Magel H. RAIRIGH and Richard C. Whiteford, As Personal Representatives of the Estate of W. Wayne Rairigh, Deceased, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

October 25, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene L. Heinrich of McCune, Hiaasen, Crum, Ferris & Gardner, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Michael W. Melvin of Kennedy & Melvin, Fort Lauderdale, for appellees.


LETTS, Judge.

This case involves one friend buying from another a 10% interest in 5 harness race horses, which transaction the trial court ruled, as a matter of law, to be the sale of a "security" in violation of the Florida Blue Sky Laws. We reverse.

The appellant's primary occupation is that of a successful public relations executive in New York. However, he is a legal resident of Fort Lauderdale and spends much of his time owning, breeding, raising and...

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