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MIKOS v. SARASOTA CATTLE CO.

No. 63794.

453 So.2d 402 (1984)

John W. MIKOS, Property Appraiser of Sarasota County, Florida, et al., Petitioners, v. SARASOTA CATTLE COMPANY and Charles E. Early, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

July 12, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Dent, Jr. of Dent, Pflugner, Rosin & Hendricks, Sarasota, for petitioners.

Charles E. Early of Early & Early, Sarasota, for respondents.

Wilfred C. Varn, Chairman of the Civil Procedure Rules Committee of The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, for amicus curiae, The Civil Procedure Rules Committee.

BOYD, Chief Justice.

We have for review a decision of a district court of appeal, Sarasota Cattle Co. v. Mikos, 431 So.2d 260 (Fla. 2d DCA 1983), which held that once a plaintiff has given notice that it is ready for trial, the trial judge must enter an order fixing a date for trial and is therefore precluded from dismissing the action for lack of prosecution should the plaintiff fail to take any further action. Since the...

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