Case Name: Edward STERN, Appellant, v. 168 ASSOCIATES, INC., etc., and Consolidated Associates, Ltd., a Florida limited partnership, et al., Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1991-03-05
Citations: 575 So. 2d 754
Docket Number: No. 90-1574
Parties: Edward STERN, Appellant, v. 168 ASSOCIATES, INC., etc., and Consolidated Associates, Ltd., a Florida limited partnership, et al., Appellees.
Judges: Before BARKDULL, HUBBART and COPE, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 575
Pages: 754–755

Head Matter:
Edward STERN, Appellant, v. 168 ASSOCIATES, INC., etc., and Consolidated Associates, Ltd., a Florida limited partnership, et al., Appellees.
No. 90-1574.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
March 5, 1991.
Rehearing Denied April 1, 1991.
Edward Stern, in pro. per.
Mark A. Marder, Miami, for appellees.
Before BARKDULL, HUBBART and COPE, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Edward Stern appeals a final order determining the priority of claims against personal property. Stern challenges the trial court's ruling that the claim of appellee Consolidated Associates, Ltd., was superior to that of Stern with respect to certain specific items of personalty.
We conclude that the trial court ruling was correct. The transaction between Stern and John C. Malloy was in substance one which created a security interest in personal property. § 679.102, Fla.Stat. (1989). As the security interest was not perfected by filing, it was not entitled to priority over Consolidated's execution lien. See § 679.301-.303, Fla.Stat. (1989). No reversible error has been shown by Stern's points on appeal. The order under review is therefore affirmed.
Affirmed.