Case Name: HOWLAND FEED MILL, INC., Appellant, v. Ernest HART and Lewis Whitehead d/b/a H & W Dairy, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2001-01-17
Citations: 774 So. 2d 962
Docket Number: No. 1D00-1757
Parties: HOWLAND FEED MILL, INC., Appellant, v. Ernest HART and Lewis Whitehead d/b/a H & W Dairy, Appellees.
Judges: MINER, ALLEN and BENTON, JJ„ concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 774
Pages: 962–962

Head Matter:
HOWLAND FEED MILL, INC., Appellant, v. Ernest HART and Lewis Whitehead d/b/a H & W Dairy, Appellees.
No. 1D00-1757.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Jan. 17, 2001.
Andrew J. Decker, III, of Law Office of Andrew J. Decker, III, P.A., for Appellant.
Stephen C. Bullock and Kris B. Robinson of Brannon, Brown, Haley, Robinson & Bullock, P.A., Lake City, for Appellees.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The appellant challenges an order by which the trial court dismissed the appellant's action below, based on a Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.420(e) failure to prosecute. The dismissal was entered upon a motion therefor made after the appellant filed a Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.440(b) notice asserting that the case was at issue and ready for trial, and in which the appellant asked the court for an order setting the case for trial. Although the court had not yet scheduled a trial date, this case does not appear to involve any exception to the usual procedures in this regard; the appellant's rule 1.440(b) notice thus precludes the rule 1.420(e) dismissal. See Mikos v. Sarasota Cattle Co., 453 So.2d 402 (Fla.1984).
The appealed order is reversed and the case is remanded.
MINER, ALLEN and BENTON, JJ" concur.