Case Name: Richard THOMASINO, d/b/a Barbecue, Ltd., Appellant, v. Gerald DUCKWORTH, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1983-02-03
Citations: 426 So. 2d 71
Docket Number: No. AP-134
Parties: Richard THOMASINO, d/b/a Barbecue, Ltd., Appellant, v. Gerald DUCKWORTH, Appellee.
Judges: ROBERT P. SMITH, Jr., C.J., and LARRY G. SMITH and THOMPSON, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 426
Pages: 71–71

Head Matter:
Richard THOMASINO, d/b/a Barbecue, Ltd., Appellant, v. Gerald DUCKWORTH, Appellee.
No. AP-134.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Feb. 3, 1983.
Hugh M. Davenport of Smith, Davenport, Bloom & Harden, Jacksonville, for appellant.
A.H. Rothstein of Adams, Rothstein & Siegel, Jacksonville, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant, defendant below, seeks review of an order finding that appellee, plaintiff below, has a right to an accounting. Wé agree with appellant's contention that there were genuine issues of material fact as to whether appellee's action for a partnership accounting was barred by laches or by the statute of limitations. The trial court therefore erred in granting appellee's "Motion for Summary Interlocutory Decree for Right to an Accounting" without first conducting an evidentiary hearing to resolve the genuine issues of material fact herein. Accordingly, the order appealed is reversed and the cause is remanded for proceedings consistent with this opinion.
ROBERT P. SMITH, Jr., C.J., and LARRY G. SMITH and THOMPSON, JJ., concur.