Mesnikoff v. FQ Backyard Trading, LLC

Mesnikoff v. FQ Backyard Trading, LLC, No. 3D17-2803 (Fla. 3d DCA 2018).
County courts do not have subject matter jurisdiction to hear ejectment claims.

The Third DCA found that the county court lacked subject matter jurisdiction under 26.012(2)(f), Fla. Stat. (2016) to adjudicate an action pleaded solely as an action for ejectment under § 66.021, Fla. Stat., and it erred by granting relief on an unpleaded claim for possession under § 83.59(1), Fla. Stat., after the voluntary dismissal of the sole count for ejectment