GATE VENTURE, LLC v. SKINNER AS TRUSTEE OF ARTHUR CHESTER SKINNER, III, REVOCABLE LIVING TRUST DATED FEBRUARY 10, 1984

No. 1D21-3574.

348 So.3d 1252 (2022)

GATE VENTURE, LLC, Appellant, v. Arthur Chester SKINNER, III, AS TRUSTEE OF the ARTHUR CHESTER SKINNER, III, REVOCABLE LIVING TRUST DATED FEBRUARY 10, 1984, David Godfrey Skinner, as Trustee of the David Godfrey Skinner Revocable Living Trust dated March 12, 1986, Katherine Skinner Newton, as Trustee Of the Katherine Skinner Newton Living Trust Agreement dated March 31, 1987, Christopher Forrest Skinner, as Trustee of the Christopher Forrest Skinner Revocable Living Trust dated November 28, 1989, Lanny S. Thomas, as Trustee of the Susan Skinner Thomas Revocable Living Trust dated August 11, 1985, Patricia Skinner Campbell, as Co-Trustee of the Patricia Skinner Campbell Revocable Trust dated October 24, 2002, Charles Brightman Skinner, Jr., as Trustee of the Charles Brightman Skinner, Jr., Living Trust dated September 2, 2003, Randall Thomas Skinner, Leslie Jones, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Jan Malcolm Jones, Jr., Edward Skinner Jones, as Trustee of the Edward Skinner Jones Revocable Trust dated January 31, 1989, and Virginia Jones Charest, as Trustee of the Virginia Skinner Jones Living Trust dated September 16, 1998, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

October 19, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard R. Thames of Thames Markey, Jacksonville; S. Hunter Malin of Hunter Malin Law, P.A., Jacksonville, for Appellant.

Cristine M. Russell and Scott J. Kennelly of Rogers Towers, P.A., Jacksonville for Appellees Arthur Chester Skinner, III, David Godfrey Skinner, Katherine Skinner Newton, Christopher Forrest Skinner, Patricia Skinner Campbell, Randall Thomas Skinner, Leslie Jones, Edward Skinner Jones, and Virginia Jones Charest.

Daniel Nordby and Eric Yesner of Shutts & Bowen LLP, Tallahassee; Tirso Carreja and S. Elizabeth King of Shutts & Bowen LLP, Tampa, for Appellees Lanny S. Thomas and Charles Brightman Skinner, Jr.


Appellant, Gate Venture, LLC, appeals the dismissal of its Second Amended Complaint ("complaint") with prejudice. Appellant argues that because it sufficiently stated a cause of action for the removal of deed restrictions on the property at issue, the trial court erred in dismissing its complaint. For the following reasons, we agree and...

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