Case Name: EQUIBANK, N. A., a National Banking Association, Appellant, v. S. Perry PENLAND et ux., Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1977-03-18
Citations: 343 So. 2d 678
Docket Number: No. CC-405
Parties: EQUIBANK, N. A., a National Banking Association, Appellant, v. S. Perry PENLAND et ux., Appellees.
Judges: BOYER, C. J., and MILLS AND ERVIN, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 343
Pages: 678–678

Head Matter:
EQUIBANK, N. A., a National Banking Association, Appellant, v. S. Perry PENLAND et ux., Appellees.
No. CC-405.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
March 18, 1977.
Louis N. Scholnik, of Graham, Hodge, Swan & Larson, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.
Charles Thomas Shad, Jacksonville, for appellees.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant seeks reversal of an order of the trial judge dismissing its complaint with prejudice. Appellant concedes that Reese v. Damato, 44 Fla. 692, 33 So. 462 (1902) is contrary to its contentions but urges that the antiquity of that case in the light of modern pleading practices requires that we recede from its holding. Although we are of the view that even were it not for the holding of Reese v. Damato, supra, the learned trial judge would have nevertheless been correct in dismissing appellant's complaint under the circumstances of this particular case, we agree that the teachings of Reese v. Damato, permits no other result and even should we be of the view that those teachings are anachronistic or incorrect it is not our prerogative to "recede" from an opinion of our Supreme Court. (Hoffman v. Jones, 280 So.2d 431 (Fla.1973).
AFFIRMED.
BOYER, C. J., and MILLS AND ERVIN, JJ., concur.