Case Name: S. R. DeWITT, Jr. and Rhodell Murray, Appellants, v. Rollin W. ZIMMERMAN, as Sheriff of Brevard County, State of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1978-11-29
Citations: 366 So. 2d 46
Docket Number: No. 77-488
Parties: S. R. DeWITT, Jr. and Rhodell Murray, Appellants, v. Rollin W. ZIMMERMAN, as Sheriff of Brevard County, State of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: BERANEK, J., and GREEN, OLIVER L., Associate Judge, concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 366
Pages: 46–46

Head Matter:
S. R. DeWITT, Jr. and Rhodell Murray, Appellants, v. Rollin W. ZIMMERMAN, as Sheriff of Brevard County, State of Florida, Appellee.
No. 77-488.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Nov. 29, 1978.
Rehearing Denied Feb. 7, 1979.
John M. Starling of Crofton, Holland, Starling, Harris & Severs, P. A., Titusville, for appellants.
Joseph R. Moss, Cocoa, for appellee.

Opinion:
DAUKSCH, Judge.
On appeal is an order dismissing a complaint. At the hearing on the motion to dismiss the complaint the judge heard evidence which led him to believe the plaintiff DeWitt was not entitled to relief as a matter of law. Perhaps the trial judge is correct about his legal conclusion but we must reverse because it is improper to consider anything but the complaint itself when deciding a motion to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a cause of action. Reed v. Sampson, 349 So.2d 684 (Fla. 4th DCA 1977). The order dismissing the DeWitt complaint is reversed and the trial court is affirmed as to all other points on appeal.
REVERSED in part, AFFIRMED in part.
BERANEK, J., and GREEN, OLIVER L., Associate Judge, concur.