Case Name: CENTURY BANK OF LEE COUNTY, etc., Appellant, v. Thurman GILLESPY, Jr., M. D., et al., Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1981-06-24
Citations: 399 So. 2d 1109
Docket Number: No. 80-932
Parties: CENTURY BANK OF LEE COUNTY, etc., Appellant, v. Thurman GILLESPY, Jr., M. D., et al., Appellees.
Judges: DAUKSCH, C. J., and SHARP, J., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 399
Pages: 1109–1110

Head Matter:
CENTURY BANK OF LEE COUNTY, etc., Appellant, v. Thurman GILLESPY, Jr., M. D., et al., Appellees.
No. 80-932.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
June 24, 1981.
Robert L. Donald of Pavese, Shields, Garner, Haverfield, Kluttz & Cottrell, Cape Coral, for appellant.
Alfred E. Hawkins of Hawkins & Hawkins, Daytona Beach, for appellees.

Opinion:
COWART, Judge.
We hold that, regardless of whatever attributes a joint venture may have which, for other purposes, distinguish it from a traditional partnership, if a "joint venture" in fact meets the definition of a statutory partnership as set out in section 620.585, Florida Statutes (1979), it is a partnership for the purpose of acquiring, holding and conveying title to real property in the name of the joint venture (partnership) as an entity separate from its members as provided in sections 620.595 and 620.605, Florida Statutes (1979).
The summary judgment holding that a judgment against one joint venturer alone did not constitute a lien against land held by the joint venture under a conveyance to it in the joint venture (partnership) name, is
AFFIRMED.
DAUKSCH, C. J., and SHARP, J., concur.