Bennett v. Dempsey Goldsmith

Full title: L. HOWARD BENNETT, APPELLANT, v. DEMPSEY GOLDSMITH, P.A., APPELLEE

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District

Date published: Nov 5, 1993

625 So. 2d 1324 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1993)

Opinion

No. 92-3091.

November 5, 1993.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Orange County; Lawrence R. Kirkwood, Judge.

Stephen B. Shell of Shell, Fleming, Davis Menge, P.A., Pensacola, for appellant.

Samuel J. Weiss of Weiss and Perla, P.A., Winter Park, for appellee.

COBB, Judge.

The default must be set aside and the corresponding final judgment predicated thereupon vacated because the defendant served a responsive pleading on the same day the default was entered. See Nasrallah v. Smith, 538 So.2d 554 (Fla. 5th DCA 1989); Roche v. Commercial Technical Consultants Co., 534 So.2d 1243 (Fla. 5th DCA 1988).

REVERSED.

HARRIS, C.J., and DAUKSCH, J., concur.