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Townsend v. Lane

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District
Sep 1, 1995
659 So. 2d 720 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995)

Opinion

No. 94-1913.

September 1, 1995.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Orange County; Rom W. Powell, Judge.

Randall Townsend, Odessa, pro se.

Charles E. Williams, Jr., of Brown Williams, P.A., Orlando, for appellee.


AFFIRMED. Flemenbaum v. Flemenbaum, 636 So.2d 579 (Fla. 4th DCA 1994) (To entitle a movant to an evidentiary hearing, a rule 1.540(b)(3) motion must specify the fraud and explain why the fraud, if it exists, would entitle the movant to have the judgment set aside); Shienvold v. Habie, 627 So.2d 1203, 1205 (Fla. 4th DCA 1993) ("Because appellant did not specifically plead the two grounds that would have formed a basis for relief — fraud and coercion — the trial court correctly dismissed the petition for failure to state a cause of action."), rev. denied, 640 So.2d 1107 (Fla. 1994).

AFFIRMED.

PETERSON, C.J., and GOSHORN and HARRIS, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Townsend v. Lane

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District
Sep 1, 1995
659 So. 2d 720 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995)
Case details for

Townsend v. Lane

Case Details

Full title:RANDALL TOWNSEND, APPELLANT, v. CHARLES E. LANE, JR., D/B/A SABAL…

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District

Date published: Sep 1, 1995

Citations

659 So. 2d 720 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995)

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