Case Name: Nelson BELL, Appellant, v. REAL ESTATE FLORIDA COMMERCIAL INTERNATIONAL, INC., f/k/a Real Estate World Florida Commercial, Inc., Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2008-10-29
Citations: 995 So. 2d 1029
Docket Number: No. 4D08-827
Parties: Nelson BELL, Appellant, v. REAL ESTATE FLORIDA COMMERCIAL INTERNATIONAL, INC., f/k/a Real Estate World Florida Commercial, Inc., Appellee.
Judges: POLEN, KLEIN and STEVENSON, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 995
Pages: 1029–1029

Head Matter:
Nelson BELL, Appellant, v. REAL ESTATE FLORIDA COMMERCIAL INTERNATIONAL, INC., f/k/a Real Estate World Florida Commercial, Inc., Appellee.
No. 4D08-827.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Oct. 29, 2008.
Rehearing Denied Dec. 16, 2008.
Roger G. Stanway, Hollywood, for appellant.
Patrick John McGinley of the Law Office of Patrick John McGinley, PA., Winter Park, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant moved to vacate a final judgment on the ground that he was not properly served with process. At the hearing on the motion to set aside the judgment, based on a default, the process server testified that he had served appellant with the papers, despite appellant's attempts to avoid service of process. Appellant admitted he lived at the address where the process server had been attempting to serve him, but testified that he had been out of town when the process server claimed to have served him with the papers at the gate to his driveway. The trial court obviously believed the process server, who identified appellant as the person he served.
Where return of service appears valid on its face, there is a presumption of correctness, Slomowitz v. Walker, 429 So.2d 797 (Fla. 4th DCA 1988), and in this case appellant did not overcome that presumption. We have considered the other issue raised by appellant and find it to be without merit. Affirmed.
POLEN, KLEIN and STEVENSON, JJ., concur.