Court Opinion

ID: 4272185
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Date Created: 2018-05-03 14:06:12.509374+00
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FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
                STATE OF FLORIDA
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                          No. 1D17-1949
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WILLIE J. PREYER, MILDRED
PREYER,

    Appellants,

    v.

EMERALD COAST UTILITIES
AUTHORITY, CAROLYN JOHNSON,
and CALLIE ANDERSON,

    Appellees.
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On appeal from the Circuit Court for Escambia County.
William P. White, Jr., and Darlene F. Dickey, Judges.

                          May 3, 2018

PER CURIAM.

     Appellants seek review of an order dismissing their cross-
claim with prejudice. The underlying action to apportion funds
pursuant to section 73.101, Florida Statutes, remains pending.
The Court has therefore determined that the appeal is
premature. See S.L.T. Warehouse Co. v. Webb, 304 So. 2d 97, 99
(Fla. 1974) (if an order does not finally end the judicial labor
required, "piecemeal appeals will not be permitted where claims
are interrelated and involve the same transaction and the same
parties remain in the suit.") Accordingly, Appellees’ motion to
dismiss is granted and the appeal is dismissed as premature.
WOLF, BILBREY, and KELSEY, JJ., concur.

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    Not final until disposition of any timely and
    authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or
    9.331.
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Robert Allen, Pensacola, for Appellants.

J. Alistair McKenzie of the McKenzie Law Firm, P.A., Pensacola,
for Appellees Carolyn Johnson and Callie Anderson.

No appearance for Emerald Coast Utilities Authority.

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