Deringer v. Pappas

HENDRY, Judge.

The appellants-landlords, appeal a final decree in favor of the appellee-tenant.

This is the second appearance of a phase of the above-captioned litigation in this court. The facts of the case were fully set out in this court’s opinion, in Pappas v. Deringer, Fla.App.1962, 145 So.2d 770. In fact, that decision disposes of several of the points raised by appellants in their brief in the instant case.

In our previous opinion, we held that the provision in the lease forfeiting the security was a penalty. We reversed the trial court for dismissing the complaint, and remanded for the…