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(#(# L %e- ($L !Hg   !Hg(@2e-II3  0    ARGUMENT !Hg(@S@݌ 8 (#(# Ќ   #(   #(@0  2e-  A  .3  0` (#(#   ChecksDesignatedas InstrumentsunderFloridaLaw #(@A݌ ` (#` (# Ќ  0   ` ThequestionpositedbytheCourtiswhetherchecksconstitute instrumentsunderFloridalaw.ThatquestionhasbeenansweredintheaffirmativebywayofaquestioncertifiedfromFloridasFifthDistrictCourtofAppealtotheFloridaSupremeCourtinCitizensNat.BankofOrlandov._Bornstein_Ԁ374So.2d6(Fla.1979).0(#(# 0   ` InCitizens,thecertifiedquestionwaswhetheracertificateofdepositwould X qualifyunderFloridalawtobedeemedan instrument.TheCourtgaveguidancetothelowertribunalsinholdingthatthedesignationof instrumentshouldbeconstruedbroadly.Checks,beingamorespecificdesignationof negotiableinstrument,consistingofawritingwhichevidencestherighttothepaymentofmoney,weredeemedan instrumentasamatterofcourse. (#(# 0   ` Thisholdingwasagainechoedin_In_Ԁre_V.O.C._ԀAnalyticalLaboratories,Inc.,263 $h" _B.R._Ԁ156(S.D.Fla.2001),citingtheFloridaSupremeCourtsanalysisin_Bornstein_, %@!$ definingnegotiableinstrumentsbroadlyunderFloridaStatute673.1041(1). '#& Documentswhichdidnotqualifyas negotiableinstrumentsnonethelessqualifiedasbasic instrumentsunder673.1041(2).Seealso,_Ameritrust_ԀCo.,N.A.v.White,73 x+&* F.3d1553,1559(11thCir.1996)(Anegotiableinstrumentisanunconditionalpromisetopayafixedamountofmoneythatmaynotcontainanyotherpromise,order,obligation,orpowerexceptasauthorizedbystatute);seealsoParamountv.Gilbert,867So.2d642 ` (Fla.4thDCA2004)(definingacheckasaninstrument).8 (#(# 0   ` EventheplainlanguageofFloridaStatutes679.1021(1)(uu)(West2005)clearlydefinean instrumentasbeing: (#(# ,8  8`    [A]negotiableinstrumentoranyotherwritingthatevidencesa   righttothepaymentofamonetaryobligation,isnotitselfasecurityagreementorlease,andisofatypethatintheordinarycourseofbusinessistransferredbydeliverywithanynecessaryindorsementorassignment.p` x` x *0   ` Thus,bothstatutoryandcaselawdefinechecksas negotiableinstruments.Certificatesofdepositandotherdocumentsencompassingarighttopaymenthaveconsistentlybeendefinedas instrumentsundertheFloridaSupremeCourtsexpansiveinterpretation.Checks,thesubjectmatterofthecaseatbar,thereforequalifyas instruments. (#(# 0   ` Ifthediscussionofthedesignationofchecksasinstrumentsincommercialaffairsmaybeexpansive,evenwithinmattersrelatingtoSecuredTransactions,thereisnoauthoritytoshowthatthedefinitionof instrumentswithinthecontextofFloridaRuleofCivilProcedure1.130asbeingmorenarrowlyconstrued.Indeed,theplainlanguageoftherulecastsanevenwidernet. (#(# L &uh( %L !Hg     !HgUP2uh  1  .3  0 `   _Fla.R.Civ.P._Ԁ1.130RequirementthatInstrumentUponWhichActionor |*%) DefenseMade,MustBeAttachedtothePleading !HgUPP݌\,'+` (#` (# Ќ  0   ` FloridaRuleofCivilProcedure1.130,withrespecttoaComplaint,providesinrelevantpartthat: (#(# L8  8`   (a) InstrumentsAttached . All bonds,notes,billsofexchange, ` contractsaccounts,ordocumentswhichactionmaybebroughtordefensemade,oracopythereoforacopyoftheportionsmaterialthereofmaterialtothepleadings, shall beincorporatedinor ( x attachedtothepleading.[emphasisadded]. ` x` x M0   ` TheFloridaRulesofCivilProcedureusesthebroaddesignationof all...documentswhicharematerialtothecaseatissueastowhatmustbeattachedtoa   complaint.Clearly,ifthecauseofactionforconversionisbasedupontheallegedexistenceofanumberofchecks,andallinouttransactionsinvolvingthefrontbackimagesofchecksarerequiredtoberecordedunder12U.S.C.5001-5018( CheckClearingActforthe21stCenturyor Check21"),thenitlogicallyfollowsthatthecomplaintmusthavethefrontbackimagesofallallegedchecksattachedinordertostate 8 aclaimuponwhichreliefcanbegranted. (#(# 0   ` Theattachmentrequirementismandatory,notdiscretionary,asillustratedbytheapplicationofconventionalmaximsofstatutoryinterpretation.Floridausesthecommandinglanguageof shallratherthanthehortatory,orgeneral, willor may,in H! directingthatthedocumentordocumentsformingthebasisofthecauseofactionbeattachedandmadepartoftheComplaint. (#(# .T  2. _Fla.R.Civ.P._Ԁ1.140FailuretoAttachInstrumentUponWhichClaimis (#'    ` BasedConstitutesofFailuretoStateaClaimUponWhichReliefMaybe   ` Granted,WarrantingDismissal  *%) t u cVu t  p+&* 0   ` Apleadingthatassetsaclaimforreliefbasedonawritteninstrumentissubjecttodismissalforfailuretostateacauseofcationiftheinstrumentisnotattached,5Fla._Prac_.,CivilPractice7.19(20042005ed.)citingJeffRayCorp.v.Jacobson,566So. ` 22d885Fla.4thDCA1990);_Safeco_ԀIns.Co.ofAmericav.Ware,401So.2dFla.2d 8  DCA1981),atfootnote2.SeealsoXD2XXXD2InreEstateof_Vickery_,564So.2d555(Fla.4th  ` DCA1990)(complaintwhichfailedtoallegeorattachagreementdidnotstatecauseofaction);_Patriotcom_Ԁv.Vega,821So.2d1261(Fla.4thDCA2002)(Courtimproperly   considereddocumentsnotattachedtocomplaint);#XD2XXXD2\#PXD2XXXD2_Sachse_Ԁv.TampaMusicCo.,262So.2d   17(Fla.2dDCA1972)(requiringinstrumentsuponwhichcauseofactionwasbasedbeattachedtothepleadings),seealso_Reinschmidt_Ԁv.Crosby,123So.755(Fla.1929); H _McClurkin_Ԁv._Parrish_ԀVolvo,Inc.,317So.2d85,(Fla.1rstDCA1975);#XD2XXPXD2x^#XD2XXXD2Ԁseegenerally,40  p Fla._Jur_.2dPleadings#XD2XXXD2`#Ԁ45.H(#(# 0   ` Inthecaseatbar,nosuchdocumentsorinstrumentswereattachedtotheAmendedComplaint,andforthereasonsdiscussedabove,PlaintiffsComplaintfailstostateacauseofactionandmustbedismissed. (#(# 0   ` Moreover,eveniftheoriginalComplainthadattachedthemissinginstruments,thereisno relationbackwithrespecttoinstrumentsuponwhichthecauseofactionisbased.SeeHughesv.Home_Sav_.OfAmerica,_F.S.B._,675So.2d649(Fla.2dDCA $X" 1996).t u XD2XXXD2u t (originalattachmentsdonotcarryovertoamendedpleading),seealsoArnoldv. %0!$ _Weck_,3t u 88So.2d269(Fla.4thDCA1980)(Onmotiontodismissforfailuretostateacauseofaction, $D # courtmaynotspeculatewhatproofsmaybeoffered,butmustpassoncomplaintasalleged).#XD2XXXD2c#Ԁ &"% 0   ` FloridaRuleofCivilProcedure1.140(3)(b)(6)providesthatamotioninterposingthedefensessuchasafailuretostateacauseofactionorfailuretojoinindispensablepartiesshallbemadebeforepleading,ashasbeendoneinthecaseatbar.T,'+(#(# Ї-Z  3. DenialofAbilitytoDefendThroughDemurrer;UnfairlyPrejudicedby     ` FailuretoAttach   J\0   ` TheobjectofRule1.130istoapprizethedefendantsofthenatureandextentofthecauseofactioninorderthattheymaypleadwiththegreatercertainty.Withoutthewealthofinformationthatisincludedinthefaceandonthebackofanegotiableinstrument,muchlessproofoftheirveryexistence,theAmendedComplaintissovagueorambiguousthatthe_Doziers_Ԁcannotreasonablyberequiredtoframearesponsivepleading.Assuch,the_Doziers_Ԁmovedforamoredefinitestatement,pursuanttoFloridaRuleofCivilProcedure1.140,beforeinterposingaresponsivepleading. (#(# 0   ` Plaintiffsfailuretoattachtheoriginalsorverifiedcopiesofthefrontandbackoftheinstrumentsuponwhichthecauseisbased,effectivelydeniesthe_Doziers_Ԁoftheabilitytodemurrshouldtheallegedinstrumentscontainevidencewhichexculpatesthem.Floridacaselawisclearinholdingthat,absentacopyoftheinstrumentorinstrumentsbeingsuedupon,theComplaintfailstostateacauseofaction. (#(# L 'h( "LIII _Fla.R.Civ.P._Ԁ1.070FailuretoJoinIndispensableParties  `  0   ` TheRecordisdevoidofanyNoticetocodefendantBankofAmerica,orareturn @"  ofservice,pursuanttoFloridaRuleofCivilProcedure1.070,indicatingthattheycannotbefoundwithinthecounty,orareotherwisebeyondthejurisdictionoftheCourt.PlaintiffshaveallegedthatBankofAmericaandthe_Doziers_Ԁarejointlyliableandassuch,theyareindispensablepartiesinthisaction.FailuretoserveanindispensablepartyortoaccountfortheirnonservicesubjectsPlaintifftoa_nonsuit_.Aldermanv._Puleston_, x+&* 24So.2d527(1945).P-(,(#(# 0   ` Undersimilarfacts,whereinthreedefendantswerejointlyliable,dismissaloftheactionagainstoneforfailureofservicewithoutproofthathedidnotresideinthecountyresultedintheactionbeingdismissedastoallthedefendants.SeealsoDavisv.First ` NationalBankofOrlando,150So.633(1933);Harringtonv.Bowman,143So.651 8  (1932)(Whentheplaintiffproceededtotrialwithoutsecuringareturnbythesheriffthattheunserveddefendantdoesnotresideinthecounty,thatsuchactionconstitutesadiscontinuanceastoalldefendants). (#(# egIV _Fla.R.Civ.P._Ԁ1.120FailuretoPleadCountforFraudwithParticularity/Motion p   forMoreDefiniteStatement  ` i0   ` WhiletheallegationslistedintheAmendedComplaintareinflammatory,theyareatthesametime,vagueandambiguous.Assuch,theDefendantsMichaelandChristineDozierareplacedatanunfairdisadvantageinnotbeingabletoframeacogentlegaldefense.ThefunctionofaMotionforMoreDefiniteStatementistorequirethatavague,indefinite,orambiguouspleadingbesoamendedastoenablethepartyrequiredtorespondtheretotointelligentlydiscerntheissuestobelitigatedandtoproperlyframehisanswerorreply._Conklin_Ԁv.Boyd,189So.2d401(Fla.1stDCA1966).8" (#(# 0   ` FloridaRuleofCivilProcedure1.120(b)requiresthat,whenpleadingspecialmatters,suchasfraudormistake,thecircumstancesconstitutingthefraudormistakeshallbestatedwithsuchparticularityasthecircumstancesmaypermit.CountsIIIIVVoftheAmendedComplaintallegeFraud,FraudulentConversionandConspiracyonthepartofDefendantMichaelDozier,yet,failtostatetheprerequisiteelementsandcircumstancesneededtoconstitutethosecausesofaction.Charityv.BoardofRegents, H-(, 698So.2d.907(Fla.1stDCA1997)(Failuretoallegeanessentialelementisgroundsto  dismiss);Cashv.AirportMiniStorage,782So.2d983(Fla.3rdDCA2001)(Failureto  allegeelementsofclaimswarranteddismissal). (#(# V0  SUMMARY  `(#(# 0   ` Itbeingtoolate,afterbeingforcedtopleadtoanambiguouscomplaint,toseekclarificationoftheallegationsagainstthem(Watermanv._Mattair_,5Fla.211(Fla.1853),   the_Doziers_ԀhavethereforeMovedthisCourtforanOrderdismissingtheinstantAmendedComplaintwithleavetoamend;foranOrderCompellingCompliancewiththeaforementionedRulesofCivilProcedure,towit,attachmentofallpurportedinstrumentsuponwhichthecauseofactionisbased;andforaMoreDefiniteStatementpriortobeingcompelledtofiletheirAnswertotheAmendedComplaint. 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