Case Name: NOLAN CONTRACTING, INC., Petitioner, v. Charles G. NICKSON, American Condominium Corporation of Texas, Tom W. Bennett, and Southern Land Corporation, Respondents
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1989-06-09
Citations: 544 So. 2d 1082
Docket Number: No. 89-00304
Parties: NOLAN CONTRACTING, INC., Petitioner, v. Charles G. NICKSON, American Condominium Corporation of Texas, Tom W. Bennett, and Southern Land Corporation, Respondents.
Judges: DAHANY, A.C.J., and FRANK and PARKER, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 544
Pages: 1082–1083

Head Matter:
NOLAN CONTRACTING, INC., Petitioner, v. Charles G. NICKSON, American Condominium Corporation of Texas, Tom W. Bennett, and Southern Land Corporation, Respondents.
No. 89-00304.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
June 9, 1989.
Maxwell G. Battle, Jr. of Maxwell G. Battle, Jr., P.A., Dunedin, for petitioner.
Stanford R. Solomon of Rudnick & Wolfe, Tampa, for respondents.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We quash that part of the trial court's order which denied petitioner's motion for a change or substitution of surety, filed pursuant to section 713.24(3), Florida Statutes (1987). We conclude that the trial court departed from the essential requirements of law in denying petitioner's motion in light of the fact that the surety, which provided the "transfer" bond posted by respondents to protect their real property from the claim of lien filed by petitioner, is in receivership.
Accordingly, the denial of the motion for change or substitution of surety is quashed. The order is affirmed in all other respects. We remand the matter to the trial court for further proceedings not inconsistent with this opinion.
DAHANY, A.C.J., and FRANK and PARKER, JJ., concur.