Case Name: Hikmet HARMANOGLU, et al., Appellants, v. Frank ROGEL, et al., Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1991-10-15
Citations: 587 So. 2d 634
Docket Number: No. 91-512
Parties: Hikmet HARMANOGLU, et al., Appellants, v. Frank ROGEL, et al., Appellees.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and NESBITT and JORGENSON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 587
Pages: 634–634

Head Matter:
Hikmet HARMANOGLU, et al., Appellants, v. Frank ROGEL, et al., Appellees.
No. 91-512.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Oct. 15, 1991.
Kay G. Finley, Summerland Key, Mattson & Tobin, Key Largo and Jim Mattson, for appellants.
Horan, Horan & Esquinaldo, Key West and Steve Esquinaldo, Nelson and Tacher and James Nelson, for appellees.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and NESBITT and JORGENSON, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
When the sellers in a land sale contract sought foreclosure against the buyers, the buyers responded with a countersuit seeking rescission. The buyers claimed, inter alia, that the sellers and their agents misrepresented the land's buildability, that the buyers relied on those misrepresentations and suffered detriment. Summary judgment was entered for the defendants, and this appeal followed. We affirm.
The buyers' claim fails because the record shows an utter lack of evidence that the buyers suffered any detriment, i.e. that they could not build on the land they bought. There is no evidence that the buyers sought to obtain building permits and were denied such permits, nor is there any evidence that a zoning change was necessary and that such change was sought and denied. See National Aircraft Servs. v. Aeroserv Int'l, 544 So.2d 1063, 1065 (Fla. 3d DCA 1989) ("there can be no claim for fraudulent misrepresentation because, no legally cognizable damage was sustained"); Empire Fire & Marine Ins. Co. v. Black, 546 So.2d 732, (Fla. 3d DCA 1989) (same).
Finding no merit in other issues raised, we affirm the order granting final summary judgment.