PATERSON v. BRAFMAN

No. 87-221.

530 So.2d 499 (1988)

Julian Stanley PATERSON, Appellant, v. Isidore BRAFMAN, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

September 6, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Melvin Apotheker, Miami, for appellant.

Keith, Mack, Lewis, Allison & Cohen and Jeffrey P. Shapiro, Miami, for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and NESBITT and JORGENSON, JJ.


SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.

Reversing a trial court judgment to the contrary, we hold that an equitable transfer of title to realty effected by a duly recorded final judgment of dissolution has priority over a subsequent mortgage executed by the previous owner of the property.

The issue is presented upon the following undisputed facts. A May 6, 1985 final judgment of dissolution between Julian and Dorothy Paterson, which was recorded in an official records book...

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