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Mesa v. Bank of Miami

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Jun 23, 1988
525 So. 2d 989 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988)

Opinion

No. 87-1034.

May 24, 1988. Rehearing Denied June 23, 1988.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court of Dade County, Robert H. Newman, Judge.

Shapiro, Leder, Breitner Taplin and Paul Breitner, Miami, for appellant.

Brenner Dienstag and Mark Dienstag and Suzan J. Jacobs, Miami, for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and HUBBART and JORGENSON, JJ.

Chief Judge Schwartz did not hear oral argument.


The defendant Dionisio Victor Mesa appeals an adverse final judgment granting reformation of certain notes and enforcing same, the said judgment having been entered below after a nonjury trial. Although the testimony adduced at trial was conflicting, there was sufficient evidence presented below for the trial court to order the subject reformation, see, e.g., Shaw v. Shaw, 334 So.2d 13, 16 (Fla. 1976); moreover, there is no merit in Mesa's claim that he was denied his right to a jury trial. King Mountain Condominium Ass'n v. Gundlach, 425 So.2d 569, 570 (Fla. 4th DCA 1982); Hawkins v. Rellim Investment Co., 92 Fla. 784, 110 So. 350, 351 (1926); see generally 22 Fla.Jur.2d Equity § 4 et seq. (1980).

We do not reach the plaintiff Bank of Miami's contentions which seek a reversal of other aspects of the final judgment because it has filed no appeal or cross appeal in this cause; moreover, we decline, under the circumstances of this case, to entertain appellee's brief before this court as a notice of cross appeal. The final judgment appealed from is

Affirmed.


Summaries of

Mesa v. Bank of Miami

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Jun 23, 1988
525 So. 2d 989 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988)
Case details for

Mesa v. Bank of Miami

Case Details

Full title:DIONISIO VICTOR MESA, APPELLANT, v. THE BANK OF MIAMI, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Jun 23, 1988

Citations

525 So. 2d 989 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988)

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