TILLMAN PEARSON, Judge.
The determinative question on this appeal is whether on this record it was error to enter a summary final judgment for the plaintiff, appellee, prior to the filing of defendant's answer. We hold that the judgment was erroneously entered because of the rule that a plaintiff's motion for summary judgment before the defendant has answered should be denied unless it is clear that an issue of material fact cannot be presented. Olin's, Inc. v. Avis...
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