NORRIS v. PAPS

No. 92-01376.

615 So.2d 735 (1993)

Richard T. NORRIS and Sandra M. Norris, Petitioners, v. James PAPS, Mary F. Paps, and James Ferry, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied March 31, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. McCollum, Sebring, for petitioners.

J. Davis Connor of Peterson, Myers, Craig, Crews, Brandon & Puterbaugh, P.A., Winter Haven, for respondents.


ALTENBERND, Judge.

The defendants in this mortgage foreclosure action, Richard and Sandra Norris, appeal two orders entered at the same hearing: an order severing compulsory counterclaims from the foreclosure, and a judgment of foreclosure. We conclude that the trial court improperly resolved disputed factual issues raised in the affirmative defenses when it entered a judgment on the pleadings. The trial court did not have the discretion to defer the jury trial on...

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