JONES BOAT YARD, INC. v. JONES

No. 97-2945.

728 So.2d 364 (1999)

JONES BOAT YARD, INC., a Florida corporation, Appellant, v. Joyce JONES, individually, and as Trustee of the Jones Family Revocable Trust, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

March 24, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tilghman & Vieth, and Robert C. Tilghman, Miami, for appellant.

Podhurst, Orseck, Josefsberg, Eaton, Meadow, Olin & Perwin, and Robert C. Josefsberg, Miami; Frank D. Newman, Miami, for appellees.

Before GERSTEN, GREEN, and FLETCHER, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Jones Boat Yard, Inc. ("JBY") appeals an adverse judgment in favor of Joyce Jones ("Jones") in a quiet title suit. We reverse.

Because the JBY possessed the property deed at issue, Jones' intent to convey it to JBY is presumed. See Janes v. Janes, 153 Fla. 716, 15 So.2d 677 (1943). The trial court erred in admitting parol evidence of the conveyor's intent. See Fleming v. Fleming, 352 So.2d 895 ...

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