Turner v. Temple

FRANK, Chief Judge.

J. Thomas Turner appeals from a final judgment permanently enjoining him from enforcing his foreign judgment in Florida. The trial court erred.

On March 21, 1990, the Tennessee chancery court entered a money judgment adverse to John Temple and in favor of Thomas Turner in an action to enforce a material-men’s lien. No appeal was taken from that judgment. On October 17, 1990, Turner recorded his Tennessee judgment in Florida in accordance with section 55.501-.509, Florida Statutes (1989), Florida’s Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act. Temple challenged domestication of the…