Midflorida Schools Federal Credit Union v. Fansler, 81-53

Decision Date23 October 1981
Docket NumberNo. 81-53,81-53
PartiesMIDFLORIDA SCHOOLS FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, Appellant, v. Robert Wesley FANSLER, as personal representative of the Estate of Thelma H.Fansler, Deceased, Appellee.
CourtFlorida District Court of Appeals

Philip O. Allen of DeVane, Munson, Anderson & Allen, Lakeland, for appellant.

Wallace L. Storey, Bartow, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from the trial court's dismissal with prejudice of appellant's second amended complaint for failure to state a cause of action.

Appellant Midflorida Schools Federal Credit Union filed a claim in the estate of Thelma H. Fansler, deceased, for monies loaned to her on the basis of an open-end credit agreement which was attached to the claim. Appellee objected to the claim and appellant filed its complaint, followed by an amended complaint, and alleged that Thelma H. Fansler, deceased, had entered into the open-end credit agreement with the Polk County Teacher's Credit Union through which she borrowed the maximum of $3,500. The rights of the alleged agreement were then assigned to appellant. As evidence of the debt, appellant attached to its complaint and amended complaint the document entitled a "Revolving Credit Plan, Application, Agreement, Note and Truth-in-lending Disclosure." Appellee, Fansler's personal representative, moved to dismiss the amended complaint for failure to state a cause of action, specifically arguing that the exhibit attached was incomplete, vague, non-negotiable, and without a sufficient promise to pay. The trial court dismissed the amended complaint with leave to amend. Thereafter, appellant filed its second amended complaint, attaching the same exhibit and alleging a series of loans to the deceased pursuant to the agreement up to the maximum of $3,500, and that the deceased was then indebted to appellant in the amount of $3,359.88. Upon appellee's motions to strike and dismiss, the trial court struck count I and dismissed counts II and III of the second amended complaint.

The court's basis for striking count I was that it had previously been ruled upon on a prior motion to dismiss. We find that to have been error for the same reasons we discuss regarding the dismissal of counts II and III. It dismissed counts II and III on the basis that they alleged a series of loans or future advances that were not specifically set forth in the agreement attached and that since they were outside the attached agreement they were also then beyond the scope of the claim filed in the estate and did not comply with section 733.703, Florida Statutes (1979). We cannot accept that construction of the agreement attached or section 733.703. The agreement specifically provided for future...

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