SOUTHEASTERN ASSOCIATES, INC., APPELLANT,
v.
FIRST GEORGIA BANK, APPELLEE
SOUTHEASTERN ASSOCIATES, INC., APPELLANT,
FIRST GEORGIA BANK, APPELLEE
362 So. 2d 967
Florida District Court of Appeal, First District (1978)
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Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Acting Chief Judge.
An appeal from a money judgment entered on a promissory note. The appellant corporation asserts that the trial court erred in declining to permit its sole stockholder, a layman, to act as attorney for the corporation and to conduct its defense. The court did not err. A corporation is not a person entitled to conduct its own defense, nor may it nominate a nonlawyer to do so. Nicholson Supply Co. v. First Federal Savings & Loan Ass’n, 184 So. 2d 438 (Fla. 2d DCA 1966); Angelini v. Mobile Home Village, Inc., 310 So. 2d 776 (Fla. 1st DCA 1975).
AFFIRMED.
MELVIN and BOOTH, JJ., concur.
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Szteinbaum v. Kaes Inversiones y Valores, 476 So. 2d 247 (Fla. 3d DCA 1985)…erely reversed a summary judgment entered in favor of the improperly represented plaintiff corporation and ordered that the defendants’ motion to dismiss be granted without prejudice. Likewise, in Southeastern Associates, Inc. v. First Georgia Bank, 362 So. 2d 967 (Fla. 1st DCA 1978), the court merely affirmed the trial court’s ruling prohibiting the sole shareholder of the defendant corporation from conducting the defense. See also Angelini v. Mobile Home Village, Inc., 310 So. 2d 776 (Fla. 1st DCA 1975) (no…
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Daytona Migi Corp. v. Daytona Auto. Fiberglass Inc., 417 So. 2d 272 (Fla. 5th DCA 1982)…any event. A corporation must be represented in court by an attorney and may not be represented by a corporate officer. Quinn v. Housing Authority of Orlando, 385 So. 2d 1167 (Fla. 5th DCA 1980); Southeastern Associates, Inc. v. First Georgia Bank, 362 So. 2d 967 (Fla. 1st DCA 1978); Angelini v. Mobile Home Village, Inc., 310 So. 2d 776 (Fla. 1st DCA 1975). In Nicholson Supply Co., Inc. v. First Federal Savings & Loan Assoc. of Hardee County, 184 So. 2d 438 (Fla. 2d DCA 1966), the court denied a petition to…
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Quinn v. The Hous. Auth. OF the City OF Orlando, 385 So. 2d 1167 (Fla. 5th DCA 1980)…ented by an attorney. Nicholson Supply Co. v. First Federal Savings & Loan Association, 184 So. 2d 438 (Fla. 2d DCA 1960); Angelini v. Mobil Home Village, Inc., 310 So. 2d 776 (Fla. 1st DCA 1975); Southeastern Associates, Inc. v. First Georgia Bank, 362 So. 2d 967 (Fla. 1st DCA 1978). Therefore, the partial summary judgment entered in favor of the Housing Authority was void and is hereby quashed and the trial court is directed to grant the tenants’ motions for dismissal without prejudice. Due to our dispositi…
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- Nicholson Supply Co., Inc. v. First Fed. Sav. & Loan Ass'n OF Hardee Cnty., 184 So. 2d 438 (Fla. 2d DCA 1966)
- Remo Joseph Angelini v. Mobile Home Vill., Inc., 310 So. 2d 776 (Fla. 1st DCA 1975)