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CHASE FEDERAL S & L ASS'N v. SOBER

No. 84-295.

455 So.2d 1161 (1984)

CHASE FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, Appellant, v. May SOBER and Jack Sober, Her Husband, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

September 25, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Preddy, Kutner & Hardy and G. William Bissett, Miami, for appellant.

Bloom & Feola, Lawrence & Daniels and Adam Lawrence, Miami, for appellees.

Before HUBBART, NESBITT and FERGUSON, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

In view of this state's policy of liberality toward setting aside defaults and allowing trials on the merits, see North Shore Hospital, Inc. v. Barber, 143 So.2d 849 (Fla. 1962), we find that it was a gross abuse of discretion for the trial court to deny the appellant's motion to vacate the default in the present case. The appellant presented a meritorious defense and sufficiently demonstrated excusable neglect...

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