Green v. First National Bank of Florida

LEHAN, Acting Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs bring a writ of certiorari to this court from the order of the trial court striking from the complaint a claim for punitive damages, striking an allegation that “defendant acted in wilful disregard or indifference of the rights of plaintiffs,” denying plaintiffs the opportunity to amend, and transferring the case to the county court by reason of an insufficient jurisdictional amount. The suit was for damages in excess of $5,000 growing out of defendant bank’s alleged misrepresentation that mortgage financing for plaintiffs as the purchasers under a real…