Morgan v. Hewitt

150 So. 3d 1273, 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 19079, 2014 WL 6488742

• Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida
• Decided: November 21, 2014
• Docket: No. 5D14-1362
• Status: Published

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

Petitioners, Holly D. Morgan and Daniel E. Springen, seek second-tier certiorari review of an appellate decision of the circuit court, which dismissed their appeal¹ of a non-final order granting immediate possession of real property in favor of the Respondent, Christopher Scott Hewitt, as personal representative of the estate of Wilbur Hewitt.² Petitioners have resided on the property for the past five years and claim to have an ownership interest in the property. Under these circumstances, we find the circuit court’s clearly erroneous conclusion — that it lacked jurisdiction on the basis that a plenary appeal would provide an adequate remedy for Petitioners— constituted a departure from established law resulting in a miscarriage of justice. See generally Custer Med. Ctr. v. United Auto. Ins. Co., 62 So.3d 1086 (Fla.2010). Accordingly, we grant the petition and remand to the circuit court to treat Petitioners’ request for review as a petition for writ of certiorari and consider its merits.

PETITION GRANTED.

LAWSON, EVANDER and BERGER, JJ., concur.

1 . We acknowledge that the circuit court correctly treated Petitioners’ appeal as a petition for writ of certiorari, but dismissed it for lack of jurisdiction. See Fla. R. App. P. 9.040(c).

2 . We have jurisdiction to review the matter pursuant to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.030(b)(2)(B). See also Article V, § 4(b)(3), Fla. Const.