Case Name: JEFFREY'S, INC., Appellant, v. RESTAURANTS, INC., Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1963-10-01
Citations: 156 So. 2d 518
Docket Number: No. 63-123
Parties: JEFFREY’S, INC., Appellant, v. RESTAURANTS, INC., Appellee.
Judges: Before CARROLL and HORTON, JJ., and BARNS, PAUL D., Associate Judge.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 156
Pages: 518–518

Head Matter:
JEFFREY’S, INC., Appellant, v. RESTAURANTS, INC., Appellee.
No. 63-123.
District Court of Appeal of Florida. Third District.
Oct. 1, 1963.
Rubin & Berman, North Miami Beach, for appellant.
Ben Cohen and Murray Goodman, Miami Beach, for appellee.
Before CARROLL and HORTON, JJ., and BARNS, PAUL D., Associate Judge.

Opinion:
BARNS, PAUL D., Associate Judge.
This is an appeal from an order of dismissal in an action at law. We find error and reverse.
Plaintiff-appellant was the landlord of the defendant-appellee and the suit involved rent. The order was entered sua sponte in the absence of any motion and without a hearing or notice of any hearing, and the order was "with prejudice."
On the day previous to the filing of this action at law the defendant tenant had filed a suit in equity against the appellant seeking a decree granting an abatement of the rent. There may be some issues of law and fact common to both actions but this alone would not warrant the dismissal order, even "without" prejudice.
Accordingly, the order appealed is reversed.