Blitch v. Owens

PARKER, Judge.

Thomas Blitch and his wife, Jeritza, appeal from a final judgment entered by a successor judge finding that W.J. Owens and his wife, Aletha, were entitled to recover on two of the eleven promissory notes owed by Gulf Citrus, Inc. to the Owenses, determining that nine of the notes were invalid.1

The sole issue in this appeal is whether the successor judge was without authority to revisit the original judge’s ruling entered after the trial of the case. We hold that he possessed that authority and affirm.

A final judgment involving these parties was appealed to this court in 1983.…