Case Name: VINNER v. MASON, et al.
Court: Pinellas County Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1990-09-20
Citations: 44 Fla. Supp. 2d 142
Docket Number: Case No. 90-4347-41
Parties: VINNER v MASON, et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: Florida Supplement Second
Volume: 44
Pages: 142–143

Head Matter:
VINNER v MASON, et al.
Case No. 90-4347-41
County Court, Pinellas County
September 20, 1990
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Mark P. Bryan, Esquire, for plaintiffs.
James J. Moss, Esquire, Gulfcoast Legal Services, Inc., for defendants.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
RADFORD W. SMITH, County Judge.
ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS' AMENDED MOTION TO DISMISS
THIS CAUSE came to be heard upon Defendants' Amended Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs Complaint for Tenant Eviction. After reviewing said motion and complaint, and the Court being otherwise fully advised in the premises, from the evidence the Court finds.
A. Plaintiffs' Complaint fails to state a cause of action in that the prerequisite notice required by § 83.56(3), Fla. Stat. (1989) is improper in that it includes a request for the payment of attorney's fees, court costs and sheriff's fees when attorney's fees, court costs and sheriff's fees are not defined as rent in the lease.
B. Additionally, Plaintiffs' Complaint fails to state a cause of action in that the required prerequisite notice does not specifically exclude Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays from the three-day requirement.
C. The requirement to provide a proper three-day notice is a statutory prerequisite to maintaining a cause of action for eviction.
Therefore, it is ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that Plaintiffs' Complaint for Tenant Eviction is hereby dismissed without leave to amend.
DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers at Pinellas County Courthouse, Clearwater, Florida, on this 27th day of September, 1990.