BURRELL DRILLING CO., INC. v. MERIDITH CORPORATION

No. 73-1175.

306 So.2d 139 (1975)

BURRELL DRILLING COMPANY, INC., a Florida Corporation, Appellant, v. MERIDITH CORPORATION, a Florida Corporation, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

January 17, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Paul Thompson, DeFuniak Springs, for appellant.

Donald F. Wright, Sutton, Wright & Smith, Orlando, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

Affirmed.

CROSS and MAGER, JJ., concur.

OWEN, C.J., dissents with opinion.

OWEN, Chief Judge (dissenting):

A money judgment was entered against appellant (defendant below) without notice, after its answer and counterclaim was stricken and default judgment entered for failure of its counsel to attend the pretrial conference. The issue here is whether the court erred in entering the final judgment following an ex parte hearing...

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