UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION, A FOREIGN CORPORATION AUTHORIZED TO DO BUSINESS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLANT,
v.
ESTHER MELLINGER, APPELLEE
UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION, A FOREIGN CORPORATION AUTHORIZED TO DO BUSINESS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLANT,
ESTHER MELLINGER, APPELLEE
328 So. 2d 490
Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (1976)
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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed upon authority of Central Mutual Insurance Company v. Espina, Fla. App.1968, 208 So. 2d 144; see also Columbia Casualty Co. v. Zimmerman, Fla.1952, 62 So. 2d 338.
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- Columbia Cas. Co. v. Zimmerman, 62 So. 2d 338 (Fla. 1952)
- Cent. Mut. Ins. Co. v. Espina, 208 So. 2d 144 (Fla. 3d DCA 1968)