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FO[.TRTti DIS'I'RICT JIlI~Y 'I~ERM 1973
Ii0 LIDA Y OUT IN A MER ICA )
AT ST. LUCIE, INC. , )
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EARL E. BO~YES and RCTTH 1~7[. ) ~
BO~'VFS, his wife, )
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Appellees. )
Opinion filed November 16, 1973.
Appeal from the Circuit Court for St. Lucie
County; C. Pfeiffer ?rowbridge, Judge.
Richard V. Neill of Neill Griffin Jeffries -
Lloyd, Ft. Pierce, for appellant.
Emory C. 'Teel, III, and Otis R. Parker, jr. , of
Fee Parker R- Fee, rt. Pierce, for appeliee,
' OWE\', C. J.
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; The owners of two condominium units in a travel trailer
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° resort condominium sought and obtained a declaratory judgment holding
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~ developer the exclusive right of rental of the units. ?he judg~'nent also
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~ estate broker under Chapter 475, r,S., it did not have the right to rent
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~ the plaintiffs' units to others nor to collect a cornmission for such ser- ~
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vices. '~"he developer appeals.
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~ One need only travel the highways of this state to note Lhe
~4 boom in the development of travel trailer sites. It is not unexpected ~
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