Supreme Court of Florida

Under section 689.07(1), Florida Statutes (2001), the deed in question, which conveys real property to a grantee as trustee of a private express trust identified by name and date and which also bears numerous references to the trust agreement, settlors, and beneficiaries, conveys mere legal title to that grantee.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/10/2008
• Published 01/10/2008

Judges

• BELL, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John R. Beranek of Ausley and McMullen, Tallahassee, FL, for Appellants., Robert W. Goldman of Goldman, Felcoski, and Stone, P.A., Naples, FL, and John W. Little, III of Brigham Moore, LLP, West Palm Beach, FL, on behalf of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of The Florida Bar, as Amicus Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• John H. Pelzer of Ruden, McClosky, Smith, Schuster, and Russell, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, FL, Morris G. (Skip) Miller of Ruden, McClosky, Smith, Schuster, and Russell, P.A., West Palm Beach, FL, and Michael R. Bakst of Elk, Christu, and Bakst, LLP, West Palm Beach, FL, for Appellee.