Winburn v. First Florida National Bank of Live Oak

This cause is before us on appeal from an order of the trial court denying appellant's motion to vacate final judgment of foreclosure and motion to set aside default judgment and sale of foreclosed property for insufficiency of service of process. Appellant contends that his actions before the trial court did not constitute an appearance submitting him to the court's jurisdiction. Furthermore, assuming arguendo that he did appear, appellant asserts that an appearance after the entry of default cannot validate what would otherwise be a void judgment due to improper service of process. We…