Case Name: CAPE COD TRUST CO., Appellant, v. Clayton S. WIXON et al., Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1962-07-11
Citations: 143 So. 2d 339
Docket Number: No. 2492
Parties: CAPE COD TRUST CO., Appellant, v. Clayton S. WIXON et al., Appellees.
Judges: ' SHANNON, C. J., SMITH, J., and STEPHENSON, GUNTER, Associate Judge, concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 143
Pages: 339–339

Head Matter:
CAPE COD TRUST CO., Appellant, v. Clayton S. WIXON et al., Appellees.
No. 2492.
District Court of Appeal of Florida. Second District.
July 11, 1962.
Rehearing Denied July 27, 1962.
Icard, Merrill, Cullis & Timm, Sarasota, for appellant.
Boone, Smith, Hazen & Isphording, Venice, for appellees.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed on authority of Bessemer Properties, Inc. v. Gamble, 1946, 158 Fla. 38, 27 So.2d 832; and Orange Brevard Plumbing & Heating Co. v. La Croix, Fla.1962, 137 So.2d 201.
It is fundamental that fraud and deceit, if not acted on or accompanied by injury, are moral, not legal wrongs. Stokes v. Victory Land Co., 1930, 99 Fla. 795, 128 So. 408, 409. See also Casey v. Welch, Fla.1951, 50 So.2d 124; Sutton v. Gulf Life Ins. Co., 1939, 138 Fla. 692, 189 So. 828; and Stephens v. Coon, 1937, 130 Fla. 42, 177 So. 191.
Affirmed.
' SHANNON, C. J., SMITH, J., and STEPHENSON, GUNTER, Associate Judge, concur.