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SOUTHEASTERN ASSOC., INC. v. First Georgia Bank
362 So. 2d 967
Fla. Dist. Ct. App.
1978
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362 So. 2d 967 (1978)

SOUTHEASTERN ASSOCIATES, INC., Appellant,
v.
FIRST GEORGIA BANK, Appellee.

No. II-381.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

August 25, 1978.
Rehearing Denied October 20, 1978.

Larry L. Bryan, Jacksonville Beach, for appellant.

George L. Hudspeth of Mahoney, Hadlow & Adams, Jacksonville, for appellee.

SMITH, Acting Chief Judge.

An appeal from a money judgment entered on a promissory note. The appellant corporation asserts that the trial court erred in declining to permit its sole stockholder, a layman, to act as attorney for the corporation and to conduct its defense. The court did not err. A corporation is not a *968 person entitled to conduct its own defense, nor may it nominate a nonlawyer to do so. Nicholson Supply Co. v. First Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n, 184 So. 2d 438 (Fla. 2d DCA 1966); Angelini v. Mobile Home Village, Inc., 310 So. 2d 776 (Fla. 1st DCA 1975).

AFFIRMED.

MELVIN and BOOTH, JJ., concur.

Case Details

Case Name: SOUTHEASTERN ASSOC., INC. v. First Georgia Bank
Court Name: District Court of Appeal of Florida
Date Published: Aug 25, 1978
Citation: 362 So. 2d 967
Docket Number: II-381
Court Abbreviation: Fla. Dist. Ct. App.
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