The sole issue raised on appeal is whether the circuit court lacked subject matter jurisdiction. Because this controversy involved four separate promissory notes, each for $2,500, the notes could not be aggregated to meet the then-existing $5,000 jurisdictional requirement and confer jurisdiction on the circuit court. Accordingly, we reverse. See Burkhart v. Gowin, 86 Fla. 376, 98 So. 140 (1923); Canonico...
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