Gause v. First Bank of Marianna

Appellant, counterplaintiff below, appeals a “judgment” granting appel-lee/counterdefendant’s motion for summary judgment as to a three-count counterclaim. The decretal portion of the trial court’s “judgment” reads:

ORDERED, ADJUDGED and DECREED, that Counter-defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment is hereby granted.

This order is merely authorization for entry of a final judgment; it does not, in and of itself, constitute an appealable final judgment. Shupack v. Allstate Insurance Co., 356 So.2d 1298 (Fla. 3d DCA 1978). Additionally, it appears from a review of the record that appellee’s…