Case Name: Howard BAKER, Appellant, v. Daniel DEIGERT and Edith Deigert, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1998-12-31
Citations: 724 So. 2d 634
Docket Number: No. 98-1754
Parties: Howard BAKER, Appellant, v. Daniel DEIGERT and Edith Deigert, Appellees.
Judges: COBB, J., concurs.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 724
Pages: 634–635

Head Matter:
Howard BAKER, Appellant, v. Daniel DEIGERT and Edith Deigert, Appellees.
No. 98-1754.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
Dec. 31, 1998.
Rehearing Denied Jan. 28, 1999.
Terrance E. Schmidt, of Bledsoe, Schmidt, Lippes, & Moonly, P.A., Jacksonville, for Appellant.
Robin H. Conner, Bedsole & Conner, St. Augustine, for Appellees.

Opinion:
GRIFFIN, C.J.
We agree with appellant that the lower court erred in denying the motion to set aside the clerk's default due to lack of notice to defendant as required by the rule. We, nevertheless, affirm the determination of the issue of liability in favor of the plaintiffs because we agree that the only arguably viable defense to liability — that the copy of the lease executed by the defendant was illegible — is legally insufficient. Even if true, having elected to sign a lease whose terms he was unable to read, the defendant may not now repudiate it.
AFFIRMED.
COBB, J., concurs.
HARRIS, J., concurs in part; dissents in part, with opinion.