Opinion filed April 1, 2026.Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.
No. 3D25-1214
Lower Tribunal No. 23-25501-CA-01
Estime Tanis,Appellant,
vs.
Niquette Destin,Appellee.
An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, WilliamThomas, Judge.
Law Offices of James Jean-Francois, P.A., and James Jean-Francois(Hollywood), for appellant.
Hutchison Law, and Courtney D. Hutchison (Naples); Rizk Law, PLLC,and Beshoy Rizk, for appellee.
Before FERNANDEZ, MILLER, and LOBREE, JJ.
PER CURIAM.
Original opinion page 2
2Affirmed. See Applegate v. Barnett Bank of Tallahassee, 377 So. 2d1150, 1152 (Fla. 1979) (“Without a record of the trial proceedings, theappellate court can not properly resolve the underlying factual issues so asto conclude that the trial court's judgment is not supported by the evidenceor by an alternative theory.”); see also Twenty-Four Collection, Inc. v. M.Weinbaum Const., Inc., 427 So. 2d 1110, 1111 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983)(“[A]nticipatory repudiation relieves the non-breaching party of its duty tofurther perform and creates in it an immediate cause of action for breach ofcontract.”); Brown v. Dobry, 311 So. 2d 159, 160 (Fla. 2d DCA 1975) (“Inorder for a contract to be subject to specific performance, it must appear fromthe writing constituting the contract that the obligations of the parties withrespect to conditions of the contract and actions to be taken by the partiesare clear, definite and certain.”); Craigside, LLC v. GDC View, LLC, 74 So.3d 1087, 1090 (Fla. 1st DCA 2011) (“[A]nticipatory repudiation[] . . . givesrise to a claim for damages by the nonbreaching party.” (citing Restatement(Second) of Contracts § 253 (1979))).
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