FREEMAN v. CORBIN

No. 73-219.

284 So.2d 414 (1973)

Elizabeth FREEMAN, Appellant, v. Roberta CORBIN, Individually and As Administratrix of the Estate of Brewer Corbin, Deceased, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

October 30, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Papy, Levy, Carruthers & Poole, Coral Gables, for appellant.

Ralph F. Miles, Hialeah, for appellee.

Before BARKDULL, C.J., and CHARLES CARROLL and HENDRY, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant, plaintiff in the trial court, seeks review of an adverse final order sustaining a motion to dismiss a complaint which primarily sounded in equity, because of a finding by the trial judge that the Statute of Limitations, provided in § 733.211, Fla. Stat. F.S.A., prevented the maintenance of the action.

Normally, statutes of limitations are not applicable to equity cases; they are subject to a laches plea. However, we find that the...

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