Case Name: SCHMIDT INDUSTRIES, INC., a Missouri corporation, Appellant, v. BARNETT BANK OF SOUTH FLORIDA, N.A., successor by merger to Bank of Hallandale & Trust Company, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1988-08-17
Citations: 529 So. 2d 373
Docket Number: No. 87-2017
Parties: SCHMIDT INDUSTRIES, INC., a Missouri corporation, Appellant, v. BARNETT BANK OF SOUTH FLORIDA, N.A., successor by merger to Bank of Hallandale & Trust Company, Appellee.
Judges: DOWNEY, ANSTEAD and LETTS, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 529
Pages: 373–373

Head Matter:
SCHMIDT INDUSTRIES, INC., a Missouri corporation, Appellant, v. BARNETT BANK OF SOUTH FLORIDA, N.A., successor by merger to Bank of Hallandale & Trust Company, Appellee.
No. 87-2017.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Aug. 17, 1988.
Mark Perlman of Perlman & Perlow, P.A., Hallandale, for appellant.
Jeffrey Allan Hirsch and Kenni F. Judd of Holland & Knight, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellee, Barnett Bank, filed a suit to foreclose its mortgage on property owned by Solic Properties, naming appellant, Schmidt Industries, a second mortgagee, as a defendant. Schmidt filed an answer containing affirmative defenses, a counterclaim, and other pleadings not pertinent here. The trial court entered a summary judgment in favor of appellee, holding that the record demonstrated no genuine issue of fact.
We disagree and reverse. The affirmative defenses raised by appellant, together with his deposition testimony, reflect an issue of fact regarding appellee's alleged agreement not to make further advances on the first mortgage in excess of $173,000 without the consent of appellant. Should appellant be successful at trial in proving these defenses, it would make a substantial difference in the amount of the priority of the first mortgage.
Accordingly, we reverse the final summary judgment appealed from and remand the cause for further proceedings.
DOWNEY, ANSTEAD and LETTS, JJ., concur.