ROYAL v. PARADO

No. AV-185.

462 So.2d 849 (1985)

Carole Emerson ROYAL and James Thornton Royal, Appellants, v. Annie Chitty PARADO, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

January 22, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter R. Stedeford, and Peter L. Dearing and Thomas F. Harkins, Jr., Mahoney, Hadlow & Adams, Jacksonville, for appellants.

Charles Cook Howell, Jr., Howell & Howell, P.A., Jacksonville Beach, for appellee.


SMITH, Judge.

Appellants seek reversal of a final judgment rescinding a quitclaim deed and quieting title to certain parcels of land located in St. Johns County, Florida. We affirm the trial court's jurisdiction, but find error on other issues, and vacate the final judgment and remand for further proceedings.

The issues are (1) whether under the "local action" rule the trial court had jurisdiction of the cause of action, which sought rescission of the deed...

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