Lindquist v. Williams

PIERCE, Chief Judge.

This is an interlocutory appeal by appellant Rupert J. Lindquist, defendant below, from an order denying his motion to dismiss for failure of appellee, Merilyn Williams, plaintiff below, to prosecute her case for over one year.

The suit was originally begun in the Pi-nellas County Circuit Court in an action brought by Williams against Lindquist. During the progress of the action Williams, on July 22, 1970, filed and served upon Lindquist a request for admissions under the applicable Florida Rules of Civil Procedure. No further progress was made in the case until August 9,…