Legal Opinion
Batts v. STATE, DEPT. OF EDUC.
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided February 9, 1994No. 92-1476PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
631 So.2d 369 (1994)
Norliza BATTS, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Appellee.
No. 92-1476.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
February 9, 1994.
Stephen J. Finta, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.
Steven B. Sprechman, North Miami Beach, for appellee.
2Per curiam
The sole issue raised on appeal is whether the circuit court lacked subject matter jurisdiction. Because this controversy involved four separate promissory notes, each for $2,500, the notes could not be aggregated to meet the then-existing $5,000 jurisdictional requirement and confer jurisdiction on the circuit…
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