Case Name: REPUBLIC OF CUBA and Banco Nacional De Cuba, Petitioners, v. Alexander S. RITTER, Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1961-05-15
Citations: 130 So. 2d 98
Docket Number: No. 60-602
Parties: REPUBLIC OF CUBA and Banco Nacional De Cuba, Petitioners, v. Alexander S. RITTER, Respondent.
Judges: Norton, c. j., carroll, chas., J., slnd SMITH, D. R., Associate Judge, concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 130
Pages: 98–99

Head Matter:
REPUBLIC OF CUBA and Banco Nacional De Cuba, Petitioners, v. Alexander S. RITTER, Respondent.
No. 60-602.
District Court of Appeal of Florida. Third District.
May 15, 1961.
Rehearing Denied June 6, 1961.
Patton & Kanner and William H. Morrow, Jr., Miami, for petitioners.
Owen S. Freed, Miami, and Hamilton, Straughn & Sharit, Winter Haven, for respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This is an appeal which sought to review certain interlocutory rulings in an action at law. The appeal was improvidently filed because interlocutory appeals in common-law actions are limited to those orders relating to venue or jurisdiction over the person. As authorized by statute, we have treated the notice of appeal as a petition for common-law certiorari. See Ludwig v. Cochran, Fla.App.1959, 114 So.2d 484; Kautzman v. Bandler, Fla.App.1960, 118 So.2d 256.
The burden of clearly demonstrating that the trial court has acted without and in excess of its jurisdiction or its rulings do not conform to the essential requirements of the law is upon the petitioners. They have failed to carry this burden and by reason thereof, the petition for certiorari should be and it is hereby denied.
It is so ordered.
Norton, c. j., carroll, chas., J., slnd SMITH, D. R., Associate Judge, concur.
. Rule 4.2, subd. a, Florida Appellate Rules, Fla.Stat., 31 F.S.A.
. Section 59.45, Fla.Stat., F.S.A.