Legal Opinion
Sunshine Utilities Equipment, Inc. v. Treasure Coast Utilities, Inc.
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided October 6, 1982No. 82-71PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
421 So.2d 1096 (1982)
SUNSHINE UTILITIES EQUIPMENT, INC., Appellant,
v.
TREASURE COAST UTILITIES, INC., Appellee.
No. 82-71.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
October 6, 1982.
Rehearing Denied December 9, 1982.
Dennis J. Plews, Bradenton, for appellant.
J. Randolph Lipscomb of Von Arx & Lipscomb, Miami, for appellee.
HERSEY, Judge.
This is an appeal from a final judgment holding that the debt constituting the cause of action here had been merged into a judgment entered in earlier litigation.
The doctrine of merger operates to extinguish a cause of action on which a judgment is based…
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- Youngblood v. TaylorSupreme Court of Florida · 1956
- Hay v. SalisburySupreme Court of Florida · 1926
- Brinker v. LudlowDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1980
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