Case Name: David DEMETREE, as Trustee, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. Jack STRAMONDO d/b/a St. Augustine Restaurant Equipment, Appellee/Cross-Appellant
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1993-06-25
Citations: 621 So. 2d 740
Docket Number: No. 92-2370
Parties: David DEMETREE, as Trustee, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. Jack STRAMONDO d/b/a St. Augustine Restaurant Equipment, Appellee/Cross-Appellant.
Judges: DAUKSCH and PETERSON, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 621
Pages: 740–741

Head Matter:
David DEMETREE, as Trustee, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. Jack STRAMONDO d/b/a St. Augustine Restaurant Equipment, Appellee/Cross-Appellant.
No. 92-2370.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
June 25, 1993.
Rehearing Denied July 28, 1993.
Donna L.S. McIntosh and Frank C. Whig-ham of Stenstrom, McIntosh, Julian, Colbert, Whigham & Simmons, P.A., Sanford, for appellant/cross-appellee.
Roger B. Butcher and Gus R. Benitez of Benitez & Butcher, P.A., Orlando, for ap-pellee/ cross-appellant.

Opinion:
COBB, Judge.
The final judgment is affirmed except to the extent that it denies the prevailing defendant below an alternative judgment. In a replevin action, where the plaintiff holds the property but the defendant prevails, the defendant is entitled to an election to recover possession of the property or to satisfy a judgment against the plaintiff and its surety for the value of the property and costs. See § 78.19, 78.20, 78.21, Fla.Stat. See e.g., State ex rel. O'Hara v. Justice, 109 So.2d 761 (Fla.1959); Modine Manufacturing Co. v. Israel, 294 So.2d 369 (Fla. 3d DCA 1974), cert. denied, 303 So.2d 644 (Fla.1974); Cecil Holland Ford, Inc. v. Jameson, 132 So.2d 621 (Fla. 3d DCA 1961). We remand for entry of a corrected judgment.
AFFIRMED IN PART; REVERSED IN PART; REMANDED.
DAUKSCH and PETERSON, JJ., concur.