Macneil v. Discount Grocery & Things, Inc.

OPINION OF THE COURT

E. PETERSON, Circuit Judge.

This matter was tried before the trial court without a jury and apparently without a court reporter since a transcript of the trial is absent from the record on appeal. The appellant has not furnished a statement of the evidence or proceedings as provided by Rule 9.200 of the Fla.App.P.

In appellate proceedings the decision of a trial court has the presumption of correctness and the burden is on the appellant to demonstrate error. A transcript of the testimony at trial is needed in order to allow the appellate court to properly resolve the…