Corsa Boats v. Sun Bank of Miami
Decided October 27, 1981; docket 80-1258. Full majority and dissent retrieved from Justia’s unofficial opinion reproduction.
Source note (2026-10-18):
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Facts
A boat manufacturer retained possession but issued a document representing an unencumbered transfer, enabling the purchaser’s secured borrowing.
Holding and reasoning
Affirmed: that conduct estopped the manufacturer from asserting superior rights against the bank. The dissent’s proposed possessory-lien priority result is not the majority holding.
Practical impact
Do not convert a general possessory-priority rule into an exceptionless result; the claimant’s representations matter.
Good-law status
Later treatment and application under current statutes remain unverified.
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Independent Primary-Text Comparison — 2026-10-17
Do not convert dissent into majority holding or assume every possessory lien wins despite lienor’s own representations. Current operative comparison: § 679.333; § 328.17. Full holding verification is not a comprehensive still-good-law certificate. Where the former source URL failed, the working full-opinion source now appears in metadata; original failed receipts remain separate in the review evidence.
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