ROBERT R. FRANK, TRUSTEE, PETITIONER,
v.
RICHARD R. JENSEN AND CAROLE A. JENSEN, HIS WIFE, RESPONDENTS

Fla. | 1960-03-02
THOMAS, C. J., and HOBSON, ROBERTS and DREW, JJ., concur.
118 So. 2d 545 Florida Supreme Court (1960) Positive Treatment
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Synopsis

The Florida Supreme Court quashed a writ of certiorari, finding that the District Court of Appeal correctly refused to review a lower court judgment due to an incomplete appellate record. The appellate court could not review a law action judgment when the record of a related prior chancery foreclosure suit was missing.


Holding

No, an appellate court cannot review a judgment in a law action if the record of a related prior chancery foreclosure suit is missing from the record on appeal.


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“The record on appeal to the District Court of Appeal, Third District, did not contain the record in the chancery foreclosure suit.”

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A law action sought a declaratory decree in a mortgage foreclosure suit. The appeal to the District Court of Appeal did not include the record of the …

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Opinion of the Court
TERRELL, Justice.

TERRELL, Justice.

Petition for certiorari was granted based on probable jurisdiction and argument was heard directed to the question of jurisdiction and the merits.

The judgment in controversy grew out of a law action seeking a declaratory decree in a mortgage foreclosure suit conducted between the parties. The mortgage was given to secure the promissory note upon which the law action was predicated. The record on appeal to the District Court of Appeal, Third District, did not contain the record in the chancery foreclosure suit. The District Court found that it could not review the judgment of the lower court based on the record of a prior chancery action, the record of which was not included in the record on appeal.

This holding was based on Cohen v. Cohen, Fla.1954, 70 So.2d 362, supported by Greene v. Hoiriis, Fla.App.1958, 103 So.2d 226, Fricke v. Gaines Construction Co., Fla.App.1958, 105 So.2d 374, and Hall v. Davis, Fla.App.1958, 106 So.2d 599. We find that the judgment of the District Court of Appeal was free from error.

It follows that the writ was improvidently issued and being so, it is hereby quashed.

THOMAS, C. J., and HOBSON, ROBERTS and DREW, JJ., concur.


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  • Sauer v. Town OF Miami Springs & John Houghton, 124 So. 2d 511 (Fla. 3d DCA 1960)
    …[*512] PER CURIAM. Affirmed. See Frank v. Jensen, Fla.1960, 118 So. 2d 545; Broward County Port Authority, etc. v. F. M. Rule & Co., Fla.App. 1960, 119 So. 2d 82; Moyer v. Moyer, Fla.App.1959, 114 So. 2d 638; Frank v. Jensen, Fla.App.1959, 114 So. 2d 331; Simon v. Simon, Fla.App.1959, 114 So. 2d 21; Greene v. Hoiriis, Fla.…

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