Legal Opinion

Pace v. Perry

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided August 27, 1987No. 86-1662PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORFINGER, Judge.

The appellee, as plaintiff, filed an action in equity to set aside a money judgment entered against him several years earlier, alleging that service of process had been insufficient to vest the court with in per-sonam jurisdiction. Along with his answer to that complaint, the appellant filed a counterclaim seeking the identical relief which had been sought in the earlier litigation. In the partial summary judgment which is appealed, the trial court set aside the earlier judgment, leaving the counterclaim for adjudication. Thus, the partial summary judgment is a non-final,…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. SLT Warehouse Company v. WebbSupreme Court of Florida · 1974
  2. Fetters v. United States Fire Ins. Co.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1981

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Williams v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1987
  2. Rankin v. Van VorgueDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2008

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