Brown v. Snellgrove, 86-1259
| Decision Date | 04 March 1987 |
| Docket Number | No. 86-1259,86-1259 |
| Citation | 503 So.2d 447,12 Fla. L. Weekly 703 |
| Parties | 12 Fla. L. Weekly 703 Bobby BROWN, individually, Darlene Brown, as guardian of the property of Bobby Brown and Darlene Brown, individually, Appellants, v. Norman SNELLGROVE, Appellee. |
| Court | Florida District Court of Appeals |
Barry S. Caskey, Bennie Lazzara, Jr. and Edward Michael Gillick of Bennie Lazzara, Jr., P.A., Tampa, for appellants.
Danell G. DeBerg and Kimberly Swoyer Brush of Prugh & Associates, P.A., Tampa, and Joseph G. Hern, Jr. of Wendel & Chritton, Lakeland, for appellee.
Appellants filed a complaint in the trial court to recover for injuries appellant Bobby Brown sustained when he was thrown from a pickup truck while working on a strawberry farm for one Rodney Johnson. Appellants alleged that Brown was injured as a result of Johnson's negligence and that Johnson and appellee were joint venturers in the farming operation and, therefore, jointly liable for Johnson's negligence and Brown's resulting injuries. Appellee answered and served affirmative defenses and a motion for summary judgment. In support of his motion for summary judgment, appellee filed his affidavit and deposition and a deposition of Johnson.
The affidavit and depositions established that Johnson leased the twenty-acre farm from appellee under the terms of a written lease. Johnson had obtained financing for the farm operation from Farmers Home Administration. Appellee was in no way obligated for the funds obtained from Farmers Home Administration. The "Cash Farm Lease" Johnson and appellee executed was on a form furnished by Farmers Home Administration. The agreement provided for Johnson to pay rental to appellee in the amount of one-third of net profits from the farming operation.
The agreement further specified that no partnership between the parties was created and that neither was responsible for the debts, liability, accidents or damages caused by the other party. The depositions of both Johnson and appellee establish that appellee was not obligated for any losses that Johnson might incur in the farming operation. The lease agreement provides that Johnson was responsible for all expenses except for appellee's maintenance of fences, payment of his real property taxes and insurance on the existing buildings. The depositions further establish that appellee had no right to control Johnson's farming operation.
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