Case Name: Jewell S. POTTS, Jr., and Elsie Mae Potts, husband and wife, Appellants, v. ORLANDO BUILDING SERVICE, INC., a Florida corporation, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1968-01-29
Citations: 206 So. 2d 221
Docket Number: No. 1608
Parties: Jewell S. POTTS, Jr., and Elsie Mae Potts, husband and wife, Appellants, v. ORLANDO BUILDING SERVICE, INC., a Florida corporation, Appellee.
Judges: CROSS and McCAIN, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 206
Pages: 221–222

Head Matter:
Jewell S. POTTS, Jr., and Elsie Mae Potts, husband and wife, Appellants, v. ORLANDO BUILDING SERVICE, INC., a Florida corporation, Appellee.
No. 1608.
District Court of Appeal of Florida. Fourth District.
Jan. 29, 1968.
Charles M. Rieders, Cocoa Beach, for appellants.

Opinion:
WALDEN, Chief Judge.
Defendants, Jewell S. Potts, Jr., and his wife, Elsie Mae Potts, bring an interlocutory appeal from an order which denied their motion to dismiss plaintiff's complaint for the enforcement of a mechanics lien. We reverse.
The much amended complaint fails to allege that the affidavit required by Section 84.061(3) (d), F.S.196S, F.S.A. as a prerequisite to institution of suit has been filed.
Such an omission is jurisdictional in nature and requires that the complaint be dismissed.
Reversed.
CROSS and McCAIN, JJ., concur.
. Brown v. First Federal Sav. & Loan Assoc., Fla.App.1964, 160 So.2d 556, (which dealt with Section 84.04(3), F.S.1959, the predecessor of Section 84.061(3) (d), F. S.1965, F.S.A.).
. Halifax Construction Co. v. Chastain Groves Inc., Fla.App.1966, 192 So.2d 15; Oper v. Russell, Inc., Fla.App.1967, 197 So.2d 13.