In a dispute an attorney said made ripples throughout the tight-knit international show jumping horse community, Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal reversed a Palm Beach Circuit Court judgment centered around the replevin statute, a rarely cited area of law.

As a result, Christine R. Davis said the appellate court ruling vindicated her client, defendant Santana Equestrian Private Financial LLC and its owner, Paulo Santana, in purchasing a 12-year-old show jumping horse valued at $300,000. Davis is a former managing shareholder at Carlton Fields who has since opened her law firm, Davis Appeals in Tallahassee.

Christine R. Davis of Davis Appeals in Tallahassee. (Courtesy photo) Christine R. Davis of Davis Appeals in Tallahassee. (Courtesy photo)