DGG DEVELOPMENT CORP. v. ESTATE OF CAPPONI

No. 5D07-2676.

983 So.2d 1232 (2008)

DGG DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Appellant, v. ESTATE OF Italo Dante CAPPONI, et al., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

June 20, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert R. Seymour, of Savage Krim Law Firm, Ocala, and J. Warren Bullard, of J. Warren Bullard, P.A., Ocala, for Appellant.

Raymond A. Biernacki, Jr., of Biernacki & Biernacki, Orange City, for Appellee.


ORFINGER, J.

The issue that we must resolve in this appeal is whether a deed, executed by the secretary/treasurer of a corporation in the presence of two witnesses, but without the corporate seal or an authorizing resolution from the board of directors, is effective to convey title to real property to a good faith purchaser for value. We hold that such a deed does not convey title to corporate property and reverse the final judgment quieting title.

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