Case Name: RONAL BUILDERS, INC., Appellant, v. POWELL BROTHERS, INC., Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1976-03-12
Citations: 328 So. 2d 869
Docket Number: No. 75-492
Parties: RONAL BUILDERS, INC., Appellant, v. POWELL BROTHERS, INC., Appellee.
Judges: OWEN, J., and DRIVER, B. J., Associate Judge, concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 328
Pages: 869–870

Head Matter:
RONAL BUILDERS, INC., Appellant, v. POWELL BROTHERS, INC., Appellee.
No. 75-492.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
March 12, 1976.
Rehearing Denied April 14, 1976.
Leo Greenfield of Law Offices of Leo Greenfield, P.A., North Miami, for appellant.
Richard G. Gordon of McCune, Hiaasen, Crum, Ferris & Gardner, P.A., Fort Lau-derdale, for appellee.

Opinion:
DOWNEY, Judge.
We have fully considered the appellate points raised and conclude that they are without merit.
Appellant contends that the lien involved herein is a fraudulent lien as provided in § 713.31(2) (b), F.S.1973. Such a defense is an affirmative one and must be pleaded. That was not done here. See Midway Shopping Mall, Inc., v. Airtech Air Con., Inc., Fla.App.1971, 253 So.2d 900.
Since appellee had not completed the contract the final payment was not due and the affidavit requirement of § 713.-06(3) (d)(1) is inapposite. Appellee was entitled to a lien for so much of the con tract price as was unpaid less the final payment or 10%, whichever was greater.
For the foregoing reasons we affirm the judgment appealed from.
AFFIRMED.
OWEN, J., and DRIVER, B. J., Associate Judge, concur.