Case Name: Howard C. HOPPS, Appellant, v. Kip A. SMITH, et al., Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1988-02-25
Citations: 520 So. 2d 673
Docket Number: No. 87-780
Parties: Howard C. HOPPS, Appellant, v. Kip A. SMITH, et al., Appellees.
Judges: DAUKSCH and ORFINGER, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 520
Pages: 673–674

Head Matter:
Howard C. HOPPS, Appellant, v. Kip A. SMITH, et al., Appellees.
No. 87-780.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
Feb. 25, 1988.
Donald E. Christopher of Litchford, Christopher & Milbrath, Orlando, for appellant.
Jack B. Nichols, P.A., Orlando, for appel-lees.

Opinion:
COBB, Judge.
Based on Dickson v. Dunn, 399 So.2d 447 (Fla. 5th DCA 1981), we reverse the award of attorney's fees to appellees, Kip and Robin R. Smith. The lower court improperly determined that the litigation arose out of a contract for sale and purchase. In actuality, the cause of action asserted in this case was for alleged misrepresentation in the inducement of that contract. A misrepresentation action does not arise out of the contract itself; thus, there is no basis for an award of fees. See also Location 100, Inc. v. Gould S.E.L. Computer Systems, Inc., 517 So.2d 700 (Fla. 4th DCA 1987); Keys Lobster, Inc. v. Ocean Divers, Inc., 468 So.2d 360 (Fla. 3d DCA), review denied, 480 So.2d 1295 (Fla.1985). Accordingly, the judgment entered below is
REVERSED.
DAUKSCH and ORFINGER, JJ., concur.