AM. METROPOLITAN MORTG., INC. v. MARICONE

No. 81-1998.

423 So.2d 396 (1982)

AMERICAN METROPOLITAN MORTGAGE, INC., d/b/a Mid-Florida Finance Company, Appellant, v. Melva MARICONE, Central Plaza Bank and Trust Company, Chemical Bank, Ellis National Bank of Clearwater, et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied December 8, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis M. Janssen of Riden, Crawford & Janssen, P.A., St. Petersburg, for appellant.

Bruce Marger of Goldner, Reams, Marger, Davis, Piper & Kiernan, P.A., St. Petersburg, for appellee and cross-appellant Central Plaza Bank and Trust Co.

Sam W. Harris, William F. Blews, St. Petersburg, for appellee Maricone.

H. James Fischer, St. Petersburg, for appellee Chemical Bank.

R. Timothy Peters of Goza, Hall, Peters & Smith, P.A., Clearwater, for appellee Ellis Nat. Bank of Clearwater.


OTT, Chief Judge.

Appellee, Melva Maricone, placed considerable trust in appellee, R. Lee Van Kirk, and from time to time invested money in his business. In March, 1978, she deeded certain real property (her home) to Van Kirk to arrange loans for her further investment in Van Kirk's business. Van Kirk obtained separate mortgage loans on the property from appellant, American Metropolitan Mortgage, Inc., d/b/a Mid-Florida Finance Company (Metropolitan Mortgage), and...

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