HOWDESHELL v. FIRST NAT. BANK OF CLEARWATER

No. 78-1880.

369 So.2d 432 (1979)

Donna Mae HOWDESHELL, Lawrence M. Howdeshell, and Howdeshell Plumbing, Inc., Appellants, v. The FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CLEARWATER et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

April 6, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil R. Covert, of Gormin, Geoghegan, Easley & Granese, P.A., Clearwater, for appellants.

J. Paul Raymond and Stephen O. Cole, of McMullen, Everett, Logan, Marquardt & Cline, P.A., Clearwater, for appellee First National Bank.


SCHEB, Judge.

Appellants challenge entry of a summary final judgment in favor of appellee bank, arguing that appellee's failure to controvert the affirmative defenses pled by appellants precludes summary judgment. We agree.

Appellee sued to foreclose a mortgage, and appellants responded by motion to dismiss. Before appellants filed an answer, appellee moved for summary judgment. With their subsequent answer, appellants asserted the affirmative defenses of...

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