Eastland Investment Co. v. J. R. Trueman & Associates, Inc.

In this cause we considered whether we should review by conflict certiorari the decision of the District Court of Appeal, Third District, in Eastland Investment Co. v. J. R. Trueman & Associates, Inc. et al. (1973), 287 So.2d 365.

It initially appeared to us that conflict of decisions conferring jurisdiction to review existed. However, after study and hearing oral arguments it appears our taking jurisdiction was improvident. For example, conflict was urged by Petitioner Eastland Investment Company with Davis Engineering, Inc. v. Purcel (Fla.App.1967), 202 So.2d 827, insofar as the mechanic’s…