Case ID: so2d_705/html/1003-01.html
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Author: {"author": "PER CURIAM. STONE, Chief Judge,", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Frank C. CELIO and Victoria A. Celio, Appellants, v. Craig G. BLACK and Lucille P. Black, Appellees.
    No. 97-0423.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
    Feb. 4, 1998.
    Rehearing Denied March 10, 1998.
    James D. Ryan of Ryan & Ryan, North Palm Beach, for appellants.
    John M. Jorgensen of Scott, Royce, Harris, Bryan, Barra & Jorgensen, P.A., Palm Beach Gardens, for appellees.
   PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.

GROSS, J., and DAKAN, STEPHEN L., Associate Judge, concur.

STONE, C.J., dissents with opinion.

STONE, Chief Judge,

dissenting.

I would reverse. In my judgment, the trial court erred by construing the easement and covenant at issue without considering the documents as a whole to determine the intent of the parties. When read as a whole, the intent appears obvious and favors Appellants’ right to landscape and otherwise use the property in question consistent with the zero lot line subdivision scheme.