Case Name: INVERSIONES BRINDISI, S.A., Appellant, v. John E. O'CONNOR, Jr., Philip J. Chastain, Marion F. Sellick, T.J. Morrison, Elizabeth Morrison, Esten A. Ulmer, Benedict Harrow, and W.J. McLeod, Jr., Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1984-08-14
Citations: 454 So. 2d 67
Docket Number: No. 84-503
Parties: INVERSIONES BRINDISI, S.A., Appellant, v. John E. O’CONNOR, Jr., Philip J. Chastain, Marion F. Sellick, T.J. Morrison, Elizabeth Morrison, Esten A. Ulmer, Benedict Harrow, and W.J. McLeod, Jr., Appellees.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BARK-DULL and JORGENSON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 454
Pages: 67–68

Head Matter:
INVERSIONES BRINDISI, S.A., Appellant, v. John E. O’CONNOR, Jr., Philip J. Chastain, Marion F. Sellick, T.J. Morrison, Elizabeth Morrison, Esten A. Ulmer, Benedict Harrow, and W.J. McLeod, Jr., Appellees.
No. 84-503.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Aug. 14, 1984.
Rehearing Denied Sept. 12, 1984.
Paul, Landy, Beiley & Harper and Barry D. Hunter, Miami, for appellant.
Mershon, Sawyer, Johnston, Dunwody & Cole and Jeffrey R. Surlas and Richard M. Bezold, Miami, for appellees.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BARK-DULL and JORGENSON, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed on the authority of the
universal [rule] that where one makes a payment of any sum under a claim of right with knowledge of the facts such a payment is voluntary and cannot be recovered. Blumenthal v. United States, D.C.S.D.Cal. 1925, 4 F.2d 808; Deppe v. Lufkin, 1 Cir., 1940, 116 F.2d 483; 40 Am.Jur., Payment, § 155, citing many cases.
City of Miami v. Keton, 115 So.2d 547, 551 (Fla.1959); see 39 Fla.Jur.2d Payment and Tender § 42 (1982), and cases and authorities cited.