Case Name: Arkus G. AUSTIN, Appellant, v. SOUTHEAST TITLE AND INSURANCE COMPANY, a Florida corporation, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1965-12-21
Citations: 181 So. 2d 174
Docket Number: No. 65-836
Parties: Arkus G. AUSTIN, Appellant, v. SOUTHEAST TITLE AND INSURANCE COMPANY, a Florida corporation, Appellee.
Judges: Before HENDRY, C. J., and BARK-DULL and SWANN, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 181
Pages: 174–175

Head Matter:
Arkus G. AUSTIN, Appellant, v. SOUTHEAST TITLE AND INSURANCE COMPANY, a Florida corporation, Appellee.
No. 65-836.
District Court of Appeal of Florida. Third District.
Dec. 21, 1965.
Rehearing Denied Jan. 12, 1966.
Kneale, Roberts, Kneale & Starkweather, Miami, for appellant.
Preddy & Haddad, Miami, for appellee.
Before HENDRY, C. J., and BARK-DULL and SWANN, JJ.

Opinion:
SWANN, Judge.
The plaintiff, Southeast Title and Insurance Company, a Florida corporation, filed a suit for a declaratory decree. After filing a motion to strike portions of the complaint, which was denied, the defendant, Arkus G. Austin, filed an answer not containing a counterclaim.
The plaintiff subsequently filed its voluntary motion to dismiss its complaint without prejudice with costs to be taxed against it, claiming that the defendant would not be prejudiced in any substantial right by a dismissal of the complaint. The trial court entered its order granting the plaintiff's motion. It is this order which the defendant now appeals.
There was no showing that in granting the plaintiff's motion the trial court abused its discretion. Rule 1.35(a) (2) Florida Rules of Civil Procedure, 30 F.S.A.; Florida East Coast Railway Company v. Chapin, Fla.App.1965, 179 So.2d 107.
Affirmed.