Opinion
No. 1D04-3335.
April 29, 2005.
Appeal from the Circuit Court, Escambia County, Terry D. Terrell, J.
John B. Trawick of Shell, Fleming, Davis Menge, Pensacola, for Appellants.
Robert O. Beasley of Litvak, Beasley Wilson, LLP, Pensacola, for Appellees.
Appellants, who alleged below that appellees fraudulently and negligently misrepresented information that would have been material to appellants' decision to purchase a hotel from appellees, seek review of the trial court's grant of appellees' motion for judgment on the pleadings. The trial court's grant of judgment on the pleadings rested on its conclusion that the subject sale was of only real property in the form of land, hotel and fixtures. Because the record does not support a conclusion as a matter of law that the subject sale did not in any way involve the business stream of the hotel being purchased, judgment on the pleadings was improper on these facts. See New York State Dep't of Taxation Fin. v. Klein, 852 So.2d 866, 867 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003). Accordingly, we reverse and remand for further proceedings.
WOLF, C.J., DAVIS and BROWNING, JJ., concur.