IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA
FIFTH DISTRICT JANUARY TERM 2013

NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO
FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND
DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED

LEWIS LYTTLE AND GLADYS LYTTLE,
Appellant,

v.      Case No. 5D10-3790

BANKUNITED, ASSIGNEE OF THE FDIC,
AS RECEIVER, ETC.,
Appellee.
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Opinion filed May 24, 2013
Appeal from the Circuit Court
for Lake County,

Mark J. Hill, Judge.

George M. Gingo and James E. Orth,
Mims, for Appellant.

Katherine J. Walke, Thomas M. Moon and
Reena Patel, of Van Ness Law Firm, P.A.,
Deerfield Beach, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal of a summary judgment entered in a mortgage foreclosure case
where the name of the payee on the note was not the name of the plaintiff in the
foreclosure action. Appellee was the plaintiff in the trial proceedings. In Richards v.
HSBC Bank USA, 91 So. 3d 233 (Fla. 5th DCA 2012), this court held:

A plaintiff must tender the original promissory
note to the trial court or seek to reestablish the
note under section 673.3091, Florida Statutes
(2010). If the note does not name the plaintiff
as the payee, the note must bear an
endorsement in favor of the plaintiff or a blank
endorsement. [Gee v. U.S. Bank Nat’l Ass’n,
72 So. 3d 211, 213 (Fla. 5th DCA 2011)].

Alternatively, the plaintiff may submit evidence
of an assignment from the payee to the plaintiff
or an affidavit of ownership to prove its status
as a holder of the note.

Id. at 234 (citation omitted). Because the original promissory note was not payable to
Appellee or endorsed in blank and because Appellee did not comply with the alternative
requirements as stated in Richards, issues of fact remain to be resolved precluding
entry of summary judgment in Appellee’s favor.

Accordingly, we reverse the summary judgment of foreclosure under review and
remand this case for further proceedings.

REVERSED and REMANDED.

ORFINGER, C.J., GRIFFIN and SAWAYA, JJ., concur.