Case Name: The SOUTHLAND CORPORATION, etc., Petitioner, v. David W. SMITH, Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1983-02-09
Citations: 426 So. 2d 1182
Docket Number: No. 82-1305
Parties: The SOUTHLAND CORPORATION, etc., Petitioner, v. David W. SMITH, Respondent.
Judges: DAUKSCH and SHARP, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 426
Pages: 1182–1183

Head Matter:
The SOUTHLAND CORPORATION, etc., Petitioner, v. David W. SMITH, Respondent.
No. 82-1305.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
Feb. 9, 1983.
Stanton C. Brown of Maguire, Voorhis & Wells, P.A., Orlando, for petitioner.
Richard W. Taylor of Taylor & Early, P.A., DeLand, for respondent.

Opinion:
COWART, Judge.
From our review of the record, we conclude that the circuit court departed from the essential requirements of law and deprived petitioner of due process when, on appeal, it reversed the decision of the county court in a landlord and tenant case and entered judgment for the landlord without remanding the cause to the county court to give the tenant an opportunity to present an equitable defense as to the forfeiture of the tenant's rights under a lease resulting from a good faith controversy as to a minor maintenance cost.
Accordingly, the circuit court's decision on appeal is
QUASHED.
DAUKSCH and SHARP, JJ., concur.
. See § 34.01(2), Fla.Stat. (1981).