O'SULLIVAN v. ALDAY

No. Q-93.

257 So.2d 261 (1972)

J. Mort O'SULLIVAN, Jr., Appellant, v. Freddie A. ALDAY, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

February 1, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert P. Gaines, of Beggs, Lane, Daniel, Gaines & Davis, Pensacola, for appellant.

R.P. Warfield, of Levin, Warfield, Graff, Mabie & Rosenbloum, Pensacola, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

In this interlocutory appeal from order denying appellant's motion to dismiss for lack of prosecution, we are compelled to exonerate the counsel for appellee, but we cannot excuse the appellee's lack of diligence in keeping in touch with his attorneys and in not prosecuting his case. We think, and so hold that the trial court did abuse his discretion in not granting appellant's motion to dismiss said cause for lack of prosecution. The record does not substantiate...

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