Pentecostal Holiness Church, Inc. v. Reed

This cause is before us on petition for writ of mandamus. Petitioner seeks to have this Court direct the respondents to hear and consider petitioner’s appeal, which was dismissed by the respondents on May 13, 1971. Our jurisdiction vests under Fla.Const. art. V, § 4(2), F.S.A.

Respondents ordered that the motion to dismiss by the appellees in the DCA, filed April 28, 1971, “is hereby granted and this appeal commenced by notice filed November 6, 1970, ... is hereby dismissed.”

On April 5, 1971, the trial court, having determined that petitioner had no notice of the entry of a second amended…