UNITED YACHT BROKERS, INC. v. GILLESPIE

No. 53304.

377 So.2d 668 (1979)

UNITED YACHT BROKERS, INC., Appellant, v. Betty J. GILLESPIE et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Florida.

November 21, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael D. Stewart of Fleming, O'Bryan & Fleming, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Gary B. Sack and Donald E. Van Koughnet, Miami, for Gillespie, Mortimer and Klien; and Brian R. Hersh and Jeffrey A. Bernstein of the Law Offices of Brian R. Hersh, Miami, for Anstett and Siewert, appellees.

Richard E. Gentry, Staff Atty., Tallahassee, for Dept. of Business Regulation, amicus curiae.


OVERTON, Justice.

This is a direct appeal transferred to us by the Fourth District Court of Appeal, United Yacht Brokers, Inc. v. Gillespie, 353 So.2d 574 (Fla. 4th DCA 1977), because the trial court inherently passed on the validity of section 537.05, Florida Statutes. We have jurisdiction.1 The statute requires licensed yacht brokers to obtain written authorization from their principal before...

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