METCALF v. LANGSTON

No. V-144.

296 So.2d 81 (1974)

Danny Ray METCALF et al., Appellants, v. Betty M. LANGSTON and Claude Langston, Jr., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

June 18, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Harper Field, of Keen, O'Kelley & Spitz, Tallahassee, for appellants.

James W. Grimsley, of Smith, Tolton, Grimsley & Barron, Fort Walton Beach, Stanley Bruce Powell, of Douglass & Powell, and William F. Daniel, of Cotten, Shivers, Gwynn & Daniel, Tallahassee, for appellees.


BOYER, Acting Chief Judge.

We have for review an order of the Circuit Court denying a motion to vacate and set aside a default entered against Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Company, appellant.

In State Bank of Eau Gallie v. Raymond, 1931, 103 Fla. 649, 138 So. 40, the Supreme Court of Florida, citing and quoting from Benedict v. W.T. Hadlow Co., 52 Fla. 188, 42 So. 239, said:

"`Whether a default properly entered should be set aside is for...

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