05-0439 WEST V. PEERLESS

State: Florida

Court: Florida Third District Court

Docket No: 05-0439 WEST V. PEERLESS

Case Date: 12/07/2005

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA THIRD DISTRICT JULY TERM, A.D. 2005

WEST INTERNATIONAL, INC., Appellant, vs. PEERLESS DEVELOPERS, LLC, Appellee.

** ** ** ** ** ** LOWER TRIBUNAL NO. 02-32529 CASE NO. 3D05-439

Opinion filed December 7, 2005. An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Jon I. Gordon, Judge. Alvarez, Armas & Borron, P.A., and J. Alfredo De Armas, for appellant. Holland & Knight, LLP, and Jose A. Casal, and Barbara M. Arco, for appellee.

Before GERSTEN, GREEN, and SUAREZ, JJ. PER CURIAM. Affirmed. 71, 186 So. See Klinger v. Milton Holding Co., 136 Fla. 50, 526, 535 (1939)("the affidavit and service by

publication

being

valid

and

sufficient

on

the

face

of

the

record, the final decree and the action taken thereunder were not absolutely void but merely voidable."); Reina v. Barnett

Bank, N.A., 766 So. 2d 290, 292 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000)("failure to strictly comply with the applicable service of process statutes renders a subsequent judgment voidable." (footnote omitted)); See Se. & Assocs., Inc. v. Fox Run Homeowners Ass'n, Inc., 704 So. 2d 694, 696 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997)("a factually insufficient affidavit rendered a judgment entered in reliance on it

voidable, not void.") (citing Demars v. Village of Sandalwood Lakes Homeowners Assoc., Inc., 625 So. 2d 1219 (Fla. 4th DCA 1993)).

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