Case Name: Alden ZIEMAN, Appellant, v. Emilio COSIO, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1991-04-02
Citations: 578 So. 2d 332
Docket Number: No. 90-1978
Parties: Alden ZIEMAN, Appellant, v. Emilio COSIO, Appellee.
Judges: Before BASKIN, FERGUSON and LEVY, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 578
Pages: 332–335

Head Matter:
Alden ZIEMAN, Appellant, v. Emilio COSIO, Appellee.
No. 90-1978.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
April 2, 1991.
Hollander & Bartelstone and Howard Hollander, Miami, for appellant.
Mark A. Kamilar, Miami, for appellee.
Before BASKIN, FERGUSON and LEVY, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Emilio Cosio, the prospective purchaser in a failed real estate transaction, filed an action for breach of contract, fraud, and rescission against the seller, Alden Zieman. After unsuccessfully attempting personal service, Cosio served Zieman by publication. See § 49.011, 49.021, Fla.Stat. (1989). The trial court entered a Final Judgment after Default awarding a money judgment against Zieman. Subsequently, the trial court denied Zieman's motion to set aside the judgment based on lack of personal jurisdiction. We reverse.
Cosio contends that service by publication was proper under section 49.-011(2), Florida Statutes (1989). We disagree. The complaint seeks money damages and rescission of the contract, actions not enumerated in section 49.011, Florida Statutes (1989), which sets forth the eases in which service by publication is authorized. Bedford Computer Corp. v. Graphic Press, Inc., 484 So.2d 1225 (Fla.1986); New England Rare Coin Galleries, Inc. v. Robertson, 506 So.2d 1161 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987); Alan Restaurant Corp. v. Walder, 399 So.2d 1128 (Fla. 4th DCA 1981); cf. Estate of Bobinger v. Deltona Corp., 563 So.2d 739, 748 (Fla. 2d DCA 1990). Moreover, "constructive service confers only in rem or quasi in rem jurisdiction upon the court." Bedford, 484 So.2d at 1227. Here, Cosio sought and received a personal mon ey judgment against Zieman. Such a judgment necessitates in personam jurisdiction. Bedford; Estate of Bobinger; New England Rare Coin Galleries. Accordingly, we reverse the order denying Zieman's motion to set aside the judgment and remand for further proceedings.
Reversed and remanded.
BASKIN and LEVY, JJ., concur.
. The Final Judgment After Default states:
THIS ACTION was heard before this Honorable Court after entry of Default against Defendant, ALDEN ZIEMAN, and this Court having reviewed the file herein and being otherwise fully advised in the premises, it is hereupon
ORDERED AND ADJUDGED as follows:
1. Plaintiff hereby recover from the Defendant, ALDEN ZIEMAN, the sum of EIGHTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($18,000.00) on principal; interest in the sum of THREE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY DOLLARS ($3,420.00); costs in the amount of TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY FOUR DOLLARS AND 70/100 ($274.70) making a total of TWENTY ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED NINETY FOUR DOLLARS AND 70/100 ($21,-674.70), that shall bear interest at the rate of 12% per annum, for which let execution issue forthwith.
. The special concurrence construes the pleadings and the final judgment as if the trial court had quasi in rem jurisdiction premised on an action "[t]o enforce any . equitable . claim to any title or interest in . any fund held . by any party on whom process can be served within this state." § 49.011(1), Fla.Stat. (1989). The majority declines to do so.