Case Name: Harold J. TOMS, Jr. and Charlotte Cunningham Toms, Appellants, v. CITY OF CRYSTAL RIVER, Florida, etc., et al., Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1992-12-04
Citations: 609 So. 2d 153
Docket Number: No. 92-623
Parties: Harold J. TOMS, Jr. and Charlotte Cunningham Toms, Appellants, v. CITY OF CRYSTAL RIVER, Florida, etc., et al., Appellees.
Judges: GOSHORN, C.J., and DAUKSCH and HARRIS, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 609
Pages: 153–154

Head Matter:
Harold J. TOMS, Jr. and Charlotte Cunningham Toms, Appellants, v. CITY OF CRYSTAL RIVER, Florida, etc., et al., Appellees.
No. 92-623.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
Dec. 4, 1992.
L.R. Huffstetler, Jr., Spring Hill, for appellants.
David L. Wilcox of Haag & Deutschman, P.A., Inverness, for appellee, Crystal River.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We reverse because the record affirmatively shows that the appellee City of Crystal River failed to comply with section 49.-10(l)(a), Florida Statutes (1991), which requires a notice of action to be published once during each week for four consecutive weeks to perfect service of process by publication. On remand, the trial court is directed to vacate the default entered by the Clerk of the Circuit Court against the appellants Harold G. Toms, Jr. and Charlotte Cunningham Toms and to address their previously filed motion to dismiss.
REVERSED and REMANDED with directions.
GOSHORN, C.J., and DAUKSCH and HARRIS, JJ., concur.