Steven W. Boldt, Et Al. v. Patrick W. Brannon, Et Al.

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Supreme Court of Florida ____________ No. SC07-563 ____________ STEVEN W. BOLDT, et al., Petitioners, vs. PATRICK W. BRANNON, et al., Respondents. [November 1, 2007] PER CURIAM. This Court initially accepted jurisdiction to review Brannon v. Boldt, 958 So. 2d 367 (Fla. 2d DCA 2007), a decision in which the Second District Court of Appeal certified the following question to be of great public importance: WHAT RIGHTS DO THE RESIDENTS IN A NEIGHBORHOOD RECEIVE, AS DOMINANT ESTATE HOLDERS UNDER AN IMPLIED EASEMENT CREATED BY A DENOTATION ON A PLAT MAP OF AN EASEMENT FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS TO A BODY OF WATER, WHEN THE SERVIENT ESTATE IS PART OF A RESIDENTIAL LOT ON WHICH THERE EXISTS AN OCCUPIED FAMILY DWELLING? Id. at 368. After further consideration, this Court concludes that jurisdiction was improvidently granted. Accordingly, this review proceeding is dismissed. It is so ordered. LEWIS, C.J., and WELLS, ANSTEAD, PARIENTE, QUINCE, CANTERO, and BELL, JJ., concur. NO MOTION FOR REHEARING WILL BE ALLOWED. Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal - Certified Great Public Importance Second District - Case No. 2D03-4477 (Pinellas County) Joseph H. Lang, Jr., Sylvia H. Walbolt, and Henry G. Gyden of Carlton Fields, P.A., Tampa, Florida, and John R. Blue and Lee H. Rightmyer of Carlton Fields, P.A., St. Petersburg, Florida, for Petitioners Marie Tomassi, Marvin E. Barkin, and Richard M. Hanchett of Trenam, Kemker, Scharf, Barkin, Frye, O Neill, and Mullis, P.A., St. Petersburg, Florida, for Respondents -2-

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