Case Name: BLUEWATER, INC. and Anthony Scott Walker, Appellants, v. CENTER STREET LENDING FUND IV SPE, LLC, Appellee.
Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2018-11-21
Citations: 257 So. 3d 1092
Docket Number: No. 4D18-3152
Parties: BLUEWATER, INC. and Anthony Scott Walker, Appellants,
v.
CENTER STREET LENDING FUND IV SPE, LLC, Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 257
Pages: 1092–1092

Head Matter:
BLUEWATER, INC. and Anthony Scott Walker, Appellants,
v.
CENTER STREET LENDING FUND IV SPE, LLC, Appellee.
No. 4D18-3152
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
[November 21, 2018]
Gary Barcus, Pembroke Pines, for appellants.
No appearance for appellee.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
We summarily affirm the trial court's order requiring sequestration of rents under section 697.07(4), Florida Statutes (2018). The statute allows sequestration of rents 'notwithstanding any asserted defenses or counterclaims of the mortgagor.' Id. (emphasis supplied). "In ruling on a motion to sequester rents, a court should refrain from conclusively ruling on affirmative defenses." Tidewater Estates Co-Op, Inc. v. U.S. Bank Nat. Ass'n , 83 So.3d 912 (Fla. 4th DCA 2012). Usury is an affirmative defense. Cerrito v. Kovitch , 423 So.2d 1008, 1010 (Fla. 4th DCA 1982), approved, 457 So.2d 1021 (Fla. 1984). The trial court did not abuse its discretion.
Affirmed .
Gerber, C.J., Warner and Conner, JJ., concur.