¶1The order under review setting aside a final judgment entered by a predecessor *1198judge is vacated because the successor judge who granted that relief did not have authority to do so under the rule set forth in Groover v. Walker, 88 So.2d 312 (Fla.1956). Accord, e.g., Boeing Co. v. Merchant, 397 So.2d 399 (Fla. 5th DCA 1981), pet. for review denied, 412 So.2d 468 (Fla.1982); Better Construction, Inc. v. Camacho Enterprises, Inc., 311 So.2d 766 (Fla. 3d DCA 1975), cert. denied, 325 So.2d 8 (Fla.1975). The cause is remanded for consideration of the appellees’ timely post-judgment motions by the predecessor judge who entered the final judgment in question.
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Doane v. Rapp
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided August 14, 1984
District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 1984-08-14
Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently May 1989
2 state decisions
Relies on 412 So. 2d 461 - Swartz v. Swartz · Groover v. Walker · 397 So. 2d 399 - Boeing Co. v. Merchant
Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know
Decided 1984-08-14
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