E. B. MOYLAN, JR., PETITIONER,
v.
SOPHRONIA I. ESTES, RESPONDENT

Fla. 3d DCA | 1959-03-19
No. 58-654
HORTON, Acting Chief Judge, PEARSON, J., and CRAWFORD, GRADY L., Associate Judge, concur.
110 So. 2d 48 Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (1959) Positive Treatment
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Synopsis

A Florida District Court of Appeal held that where a trial court's dismissal order violated the law of the case established in a prior appellate decision, certiorari review of the interlocutory dismissal order was appropriate, and the court quashed the dismissal order requiring the trial court to allow the case to proceed.


Holding

The court held that certiorari review is available where an interlocutory dismissal order departs from the essential requirements of the law and contravenes the law of the case established in a prior appeal, and therefore quashed the dismissal order and required the trial court to allow Estes to answer the complaint.


Key Quotes

“interlocutory orders in common law actions are not reviewable by certiorari unless it clearly appears that there is no full, adequate and complete remedy by appeal after final judgment available to the petitioner, such as where the lower court acts without and in excess of its jurisdiction, or the order does not conform to the essential requirements of law and may cause material injury throughout subsequent proceedings”

Establishes the general rule limiting certiorari review of interlocutory orders

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Facts & Procedural History

Moylan originally sued Estes on a written contract for a real estate broker's commission. The Florida Supreme Court reversed summary judgment in favor…

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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

This cause is before the court upon a petition for certiorari which seeks to review an interlocutory order in a common law action dismissing a complaint with leave to amend.

Generally, interlocutory orders in common law actions are not reviewable by certiorari unless it clearly appears that there is no full, adequate and complete remedy by appeal after final judgment available to the petitioner, such as where the lower court acts without and in excess of its jurisdiction, or the order does not conform to the essential requirements of law and may cause material injury throughout subsequent proceedings for which the remedy by appeal would be inadequate. See Brooks v. Owens, Fla.1957, 97 So.2d 693, and cases cited therein. Likewise, under Florida Appellate Rule 4.2(a), 31 F.S.A., review of interlocutory orders in common law actions is restricted to those “ * * * relating to venue or jurisdiction over the person ;{í * * »

*49We next consider whether or not the order sought to be reviewed here falls within the exceptions to the general rule set out hereinabove. In Estes v. Moylan, Fla.1957, 94 So.2d 362, the Supreme Court of Florida reversed a summary judgment favorable to Moylan resulting from a suit on a written contract to pay a real estate broker’s commission. The reversal was without prejudice to Moylan’s rights to sue on an implied contract. Subsequently, Moylan amended his complaint seeking recovery upon an implied contract. Upon this amended complaint summary judgment was entered for Mrs. Estes on the theory that no recovery could be had upon the implied contract. In Moylan v. Estes, Fla.App.1958, 102 So.2d 855, the summary judgment was reversed and the cause was remanded for further proceedings not inconsistent with the views expressed in the opinion. On a remand of the cause, the trial court granted respondent’s motion to dismiss the complaint but with leave to amend.

The petitioner now seeks a review by certiorari of the order of dismissal upon the basic grounds that the trial court, in granting the motion to dismiss the complaint, departed from the essential requirements of the law and the opinion of this court in Moylan v. Estes, Fla.App.1958, 102 So.2d 855.

We conclude that the order here sought to be reviewed falls within the exceptions to the general rule and as such may be reviewed by certiorari. The opinion of this court in a prior review by appeal clearly rejected the trial court’s holding that no recovery could be had under an implied contract. Consequently, the subsequent dismissal of the petitioner’s complaint impliedly, if not directly, contravened the law of the case as established in the prior appeal and was inconsistent therewith. See Hodges v. Logan, Fla.1955, 82 So.2d 855; Berger v. Leposky, Fla.1958, 103 So.2d 628. We further conclude that the questioned order should be quashed and the respondent required to answer the complaint within a reasonable time to be fixed by the trial judge.

Accordingly, the petition for certiorari is granted and the order sought to be reviewed is quashed.

Certiorari granted.

HORTON, Acting Chief Judge, PEARSON, J., and CRAWFORD, GRADY L., Associate Judge, concur.


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  • Harris v. The Lewis State Bank, 482 So. 2d 1378 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986)
    …rder from which this appeal was taken dismissed all the counts against the bank, “with leave to the plaintiff to file any further amended counts she may desire.” On its face, this order is non-final and therefore non-appealable. See Moylan v. Estes, 110 So. 2d 48 (Fla. 3d DCA 1959) in which the plaintiff, under similar circumstances, sought appellate review by certio-rari. The parties were cited to Moylan and instructed to discuss this court’s power to review the subject order. After hearing their arguments,…
  • Hamilton v. Hanks, 309 So. 2d 229 (Fla. 4th DCA 1975)
    …e permitted to entertain an interlocutory appeal in an action at law (except by common law certiorari). See Girten v. Bouvier, Fla.App.1963, 155 So. 2d 745; see also Mapoles v. Wilson, Fla.App.1960, 122 So. 2d 249; cf. Moylan v. Estes, Fla.App.1959, 110 So. 2d 48; Renard v. Krikeby Hotels, Fla.App.1958, 99 So. 2d 719. The briefs reflect that the main action was a civil action seeking to collect payment for services rendered. Garnishment, while ancillary to the main cause of action, is generally regarded as a…

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