Case Name: AMERICAN ATLANTIC LINES, Appellant, v. ROS FORWARDING, INC., Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1983-11-22
Citations: 441 So. 2d 1153
Docket Number: No. 83-42
Parties: AMERICAN ATLANTIC LINES, Appellant, v. ROS FORWARDING, INC., Appellee.
Judges: Before HUBBART, NESBITT and JOR-GENSON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 441
Pages: 1153–1155

Head Matter:
AMERICAN ATLANTIC LINES, Appellant, v. ROS FORWARDING, INC., Appellee.
No. 83-42.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Nov. 22, 1983.
Horton, Perse & Ginsberg and Edward Perse, Miami, for appellant.
Gelb & Spatz and Carl Spatz, Miami, for appellee.
Before HUBBART, NESBITT and JOR-GENSON, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. The statute of frauds prohibits actions based on unwritten promises to pay the debts of third parties in the absence of any independent consideration running to the guarantor. § 725.01, Fla.Stat. (1981); Baya v. Price, 222 So.2d 258 (Fla. 3d DCA 1969); cf. Jim & Slim's Tool Supply, Inc. v. Metro Communities Corp., 328 So.2d 213, 215 (Fla. 2d DCA 1976).