Case Name: HERITAGE REALTY AND INVESTMENTS, INC., a Florida corporation, Appellant, v. Robert MASSY, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1983-11-09
Citations: 440 So. 2d 56
Docket Number: No. 83-242
Parties: HERITAGE REALTY AND INVESTMENTS, INC., a Florida corporation, Appellant, v. Robert MASSY, Appellee.
Judges: BERANEK, DELL and WALDEN, JJ.,. concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 440
Pages: 56–57

Head Matter:
HERITAGE REALTY AND INVESTMENTS, INC., a Florida corporation, Appellant, v. Robert MASSY, Appellee.
No. 83-242.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Nov. 9, 1983.
Mark Perlman, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.
Martin G. Brooks of Martin G. Brooks, P.A., Hollywood, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This is an appeal from a final summary judgment based on the res judicata effect of a prior judgment entered on the same cause of action between the same parties in earlier litigation. This is a controversy over a real estate commission. The appellant, a real estate broker, sued for recovery of a commission alleged to be due from defendant. The initial action was disposed of by a judgment on the pleadings in favor of the defendant. Counsel for plaintiff considered this judgment erroneous but, unfortunately, did not seek rehearing and did not appeal from it. Instead, counsel filed a totally new lawsuit alleging the same cause of action. The initial action was filed in 1980, and the instant action in 1982. The court dismissed the 1982 action based on the res judicata effect of the final judgment of the earlier suit. No error has been made to appear on the part of the court.
The judgment is thus affirmed in all respects.
AFFIRMED.
BERANEK, DELL and WALDEN, JJ.,. concur.