Case Name: Dorothy W. ROGERS, Appellant, v. Mary L. WILLARD, Jeffrey Willard and Pigeon House Patio, Inc., a Florida corporation, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1984-08-07
Citations: 453 So. 2d 1175
Docket Number: No. 83-2785
Parties: Dorothy W. ROGERS, Appellant, v. Mary L. WILLARD, Jeffrey Willard and Pigeon House Patio, Inc., a Florida corporation, Appellees.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and NESBITT and DANIEL S. PEARSON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 453
Pages: 1175–1175

Head Matter:
Dorothy W. ROGERS, Appellant, v. Mary L. WILLARD, Jeffrey Willard and Pigeon House Patio, Inc., a Florida corporation, Appellees.
No. 83-2785.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Aug. 7, 1984.
Mary King Leban, Miami, and Fred But-ner, Key West, for appellant.
Joseph B. Allen, III, Key West, for appel-lees.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and NESBITT and DANIEL S. PEARSON, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We reverse the directed verdict entered in favor of the defendant upon a finding that the plaintiff had at least made out a prima facie case for recovery of a debt on a simple contract. See Locke v. Aetna Acceptance Corp., 309 So.2d 43 (Fla. 1st DCA 1975). See generally 6 Fla.Jur.2d Bills and Notes § 21. We further hold that the court erred in finding the instrument nonnegotiable because it was payable out of "restaurant earnings." Payment was not conditioned to be made only out of that source. § 673.105(1)(f), Fla.Stat. (1975); Wright v. Board of Public Instruction for County of Sumter, 77 So.2d 435, 437 (Fla.1955); Barnett Bank of Palm Beach County, N.A. v. Regency Highland Condominium Association, 452 So.2d 587 (Fla. 4th DCA 1984).