Case Name: Alberto ARVELO and Ana Rose Arvelo, his wife, Appellants, v. RICHARDS DEPARTMENT STORES, a division of Cities Stores Co., a foreign corporation, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1974-12-17
Citations: 304 So. 2d 546
Docket Number: No. 74-1087
Parties: Alberto ARVELO and Ana Rose Arvelo, his wife, Appellants, v. RICHARDS DEPARTMENT STORES, a division of Cities Stores Co., a foreign corporation, Appellee.
Judges: Before PEARSON annd NATHAN, JJ., and GREEN, ROBERT A., Jr., Associate Judge.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 304
Pages: 546–547

Head Matter:
Alberto ARVELO and Ana Rose Arvelo, his wife, Appellants, v. RICHARDS DEPARTMENT STORES, a division of Cities Stores Co., a foreign corporation, Appellee.
No. 74-1087.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Dec. 17, 1974.
Horton, Perse & Ginsberg, P. F. Ludo-vici, Miami, for appellants.
Adams, George, Wood, Lee Schulte & Thompson, Jeanne Heyward, Miami, for appellee.
Before PEARSON annd NATHAN, JJ., and GREEN, ROBERT A., Jr., Associate Judge.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The appellants are the plaintiffs in an action against the defendant for alleged malicious defamation and unlawful detention of the appellant, Alberto Arvelo. Upon defendant's failure to plead, a default was entered, and upon an ex parte trial, a substantial judgment was entered for both compensatory and punitive damages. Three days after trial and prior to entry of final judgment, the appellee filed its motion to set aside default alleging that it had a men- torious defense. The motion was granted and the judgment was set aside. This appeal followed.
Based upon the principles and the authority cited in Imperial Industries, Inc. v. Moore Pipe and Sprinkler Co., Fla.App.1972, 261 So.2d 540, we affirm the order of the trial court.
Affirmed.