Case Name: Veitch W. DAVIS, Petitioner, v. FLORIDA REAL ESTATE COMMISSION and Harold T. Mooney, Respondents
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1972-06-13
Citations: 263 So. 2d 251
Docket Number: No. 72-47
Parties: Veitch W. DAVIS, Petitioner, v. FLORIDA REAL ESTATE COMMISSION and Harold T. Mooney, Respondents.
Judges: Before CHARLES CARROLL and HENDRY and HAVERFIELD, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 263
Pages: 251–252

Head Matter:
Veitch W. DAVIS, Petitioner, v. FLORIDA REAL ESTATE COMMISSION and Harold T. Mooney, Respondents.
No. 72-47.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
June 13, 1972.
Sibley, Giblin, Levenson & Ward and Allan M. Glaser, Miami Beach, for petitioner.
Frank A. Wilkinson and John Huskins, Winter Park, for respondents.
Before CHARLES CARROLL and HENDRY and HAVERFIELD, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The petitioner seeks review of a final order of the Florida Real Estate Commission suspending the registration of petitioner as a real estate broker for a period of six months. The commission's order of suspension was based on its finding that petitioner was guilty of fraud, concealment, dishonest dealings and breach of trust in failing to submit an offer to his principal prior to his purchases of the property in question for his own account, in violation of § 475.25(1) (a) Florida Statutes, F.S.A.
The determinative point before us is whether the final order of the commission is supported by competent substantial evidence. Upon careful consideration of the record, briefs and arguments of counsel, we have concluded that the order of suspension was not supported by competent substantial evidence and was contrary to the manifest preponderance of the evidence. Therefore, certiorari is granted and the final order of the Florida Real Estate Commission under review is quashed.