Asked in Real Estate Law for Florida

Q: We build a building on a partners property with the agreement to buy the property after completion. They building was

Not yet completed and the owner of the company that we invested in to build it went to prison. The building is 90%done and is adding money to the property. Now the owner of the property is selling it and we want a part of the profit she makes by selling it because of the building. Can we file a lien and how? Everything was verbal. Nothing is on paper.

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Robert Jason De Groot
Robert Jason De Groot
Answered
  • Deltona, FL
  • Licensed in Florida

A: This is a complicated scenario. What comes to mind is a suit for a constructive trust, or perhaps quantum meruit, maybe both.

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