Case Name: Philip R. LEFORT, d/b/a International Craftsmen, Inc., Appellant, v. Andrew CALDERONE, d/b/a Andrew Calderone Industries, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1971-02-09
Citations: 244 So. 2d 559
Docket Number: No. 70-598
Parties: Philip R. LEFORT, d/b/a International Craftsmen, Inc., Appellant, v. Andrew CALDERONE, d/b/a Andrew Calderone Industries, Appellee.
Judges: Before PEARSON, C. J., and BARK-DULL and HENDRY, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 244
Pages: 559–560

Head Matter:
Philip R. LEFORT, d/b/a International Craftsmen, Inc., Appellant, v. Andrew CALDERONE, d/b/a Andrew Calderone Industries, Appellee.
No. 70-598.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Feb. 9, 1971.
Rehearing Denied March 12, 1971.
Wilson, Burns & Browd, Miami, for appellant.
Reasbeck & Eegers, Hollywood, and Robert E. Stucker, Miami Beach, for ap-pellee.
Before PEARSON, C. J., and BARK-DULL and HENDRY, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The appellant was the tenant of the appellee and the judgment appealed is for unpaid rent. The point presented upon the appeal urges that the court erred in failing to recognize a settlement allegedly made prior to suit. The evidence as to the terms of the alleged settlement is conflicting. There is sufficient evidence to support a finding by the trier of fact that the proposed settlement was never accepted by the appellant. See International Shoe Company v. Carmichael, Fla.App.1969, 114 So.2d 436; 6 Fla.Jur. Compromise and Settlement § 10 (1956).
It appears without question, however, that the appellant did make a payment of $200 to appellee in anticipation of the settlement. The judgment entered failed to take this payment into account. We therefore modify the judgment by reducing the amount thereof to $1,000 plus interest and cost therein set forth. Schnabel v. Betts, 23 Fla. 178, 1 So. 692 (1887). F.S.A. § 59.34, F.S.A. In all other respects the judgment is affirmed.
Judgment modified and as modified affirmed.