Case Name: REDLAND CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, Appellant, v. Donald CALLAHAN and Bonnie Callahan, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1985-11-26
Citations: 480 So. 2d 118
Docket Number: No. 85-256
Parties: REDLAND CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, Appellant, v. Donald CALLAHAN and Bonnie Callahan, Appellees.
Judges: Before BARKDULL, NESBITT and DANIEL S. PEARSON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 480
Pages: 118–118

Head Matter:
REDLAND CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, Appellant, v. Donald CALLAHAN and Bonnie Callahan, Appellees.
No. 85-256.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Nov. 26, 1985.
Rehearing Denied Jan. 13, 1986.
Stanley Jay Bartel, Miami, for appellant.
Henry T. Courtney, Miami, for appellees.
Before BARKDULL, NESBITT and DANIEL S. PEARSON, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The judgment in favor of the plaintiffs in this malicious prosecution action is reversed with directions to enter judgment for the defendant, Redland Construction Company. The evidence in this record demonstrates without contradiction that the portion of the real property which Red-land sought to recover in its suit against the Callahans was, as the grantee well knew, mistakenly conveyed by Redland and that, therefore, Redland's suit, filed upon advice of counsel, cannot, despite its unsuccessful outcome, form the basis for a malicious prosecution action even if, as the Callahans urge, Redland was vindictive in prosecuting its action.
Reversed with directions.