Case Name: Wells S. STECKEL and Anne Steckel Ratsey, Appellants, v. Emmett A. BROWN and Joel Eugene Brown, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1984-05-01
Citations: 449 So. 2d 931
Docket Number: No. 83-2746
Parties: Wells S. STECKEL and Anne Steckel Ratsey, Appellants, v. Emmett A. BROWN and Joel Eugene Brown, Appellees.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and NESBITT and DANIEL S. PEARSON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 449
Pages: 931–932

Head Matter:
Wells S. STECKEL and Anne Steckel Ratsey, Appellants, v. Emmett A. BROWN and Joel Eugene Brown, Appellees.
No. 83-2746.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
May 1, 1984.
Rehearing Denied May 31, 1984.
McDonald & McDonald and David McDonald, Miami, for appellants.
Floyd, Pearson, Stewart, Richman, Greer, 'VVeil & Zack and Gerald Richman and Bertha Claire Lee and Charles H. Johnson, Miami, for appellees.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and NESBITT and DANIEL S. PEARSON, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
While the trial court correctly ruled that the plaintiffs-appellants had no viable claim based upon the face of the wills in question themselves, it plainly abused its discretion in denying their motion to amend the complaint with respect to their assertion that they were entitled to the imposition of a constructive trust upon assets of the defendant estate and in consequently entering summary judgment in its favor. Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. v. Thompson Aircraft Tire Corp., 353 So.2d 137 (Fla. 3d DCA 1977); Pasekoff v. Kaufman, 392 So.2d 971 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981). Accordingly, the judgment below is reversed and the cause remanded for further proceedings consistent herewith.