Case Name: ROGER RANKIN ENTERPRISES, INC., d/b/a Rankin Enterprises, Appellant, v. Regis F. GREEN, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1983-06-21
Citations: 433 So. 2d 1248
Docket Number: No. 82-995
Parties: ROGER RANKIN ENTERPRISES, INC., d/b/a Rankin Enterprises, Appellant, v. Regis F. GREEN, Appellee.
Judges: Before HENDRY, NESBITT and DANIEL S. PEARSON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 433
Pages: 1248–1251

Head Matter:
ROGER RANKIN ENTERPRISES, INC., d/b/a Rankin Enterprises, Appellant, v. Regis F. GREEN, Appellee.
No. 82-995.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
June 21, 1983.
Rehearing Denied July 27, 1983.
Williams, Salomon, Kanner, Damian, Weissler & Brooks and Dale F. Webner, Miami, for appellant.
No appearance for appellee.
Before HENDRY, NESBITT and DANIEL S. PEARSON, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellee, Regis Green, gave appellant two worthless checks in payment of an indebtedness of Sound Investment of Clear-water, Inc., a corporation of which Green was an officer and director. Appellant sued Green for the amount of the worthless checks on the ground that the payee of a worthless corporate check has an implied civil remedy under section 832.05, Florida Statutes (1981), which imposes criminal sanctions for drawing, uttering, issuing, or delivering a check or draft known by the maker to be drawn on insufficient funds. The amended complaint against Green does not set forth a proper cause of action against Green under this criminal statute. However, it is clear that the ultimate facts alleged would support relief upon another theory. Medley Harwoods, Inc. v. Novy, 346 So.2d 1224 (Fla. 3d DCA 1977); section 673.403(2), Florida Statutes (1981). This being so, it was error for the trial court to dismiss the amended complaint with prejudice. Orlovsky v. Solid Surf, Inc., 405 So.2d 1363 (Fla. 4th DCA 1981); Dionne v. Columbus Mills, Inc., 311 So.2d 681 (Fla. 2d DCA 1975); Baxter v. Royal Indemnity Co., 285 So.2d 652 (Fla. 1st DCA 1973), cert. discharged, 317 So.2d 725 (Fla.1975).
Accordingly, the order of dismissal with prejudice is reversed and the cause remanded with directions to enter a dismissal without prejudice.
Reversed and remanded.
. 673.403 Signature by authorized representative.—
(2) An authorized representative who signs his own name to an instrument:
(a) Is personally obligated if the instrument neither names the person represented nor shows that the representative signed in a representative capacity;
(b) Except as otherwise established between the immediate parties, is personally obligated if the instrument names the person represented but does not show that the representative signed in a representative capacity, or if the instrument does not name the person represented but does show that the representative signed in a representative capacity.