Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1974

Basic Food Industries, Inc. v. Robert Half Personnel Agencies of Florida, Inc.

Basic Food Industries, Inc. v. Robert Half Personnel Agencies of Florida, Inc.
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided March 12, 1974 · Carroll, Harris, Haverfield
291 So. 2d 94; 1974 Fla. App. LEXIS 7856 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Basic Food Industries, Inc. v. Robert Half Personnel Agencies of Florida, Inc.

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Defendant-appellant appeals an adverse final judgment entered by the trial court which awarded plaintiff $3,000 plus costs.

Plaintiff-appellee, a personnel agency, filed suit against the defendant-appellant Basic Food Industries, Inc. to recover on an account stated for services in securing an executive-employee for a subsidiary of the defendant. Plaintiff agency alleged that in May 1971 its manager, Mr. Doro, received a telephone call from one Framke who identified himself as president of the defendant corporation and requested Mr. Doro to find a comptroller for a subsidiary company of the defendant-appellant. In accordance with this request plaintiff secured for the defendant as an employee Lee Reifel and thereafter plaintiff sent a $3,000 invoice for services rendered to the appellant who refused to pay it. Plaintiff then filed its complaint to recover the $3,000 and attached thereto a fee schedule and a copy of the invoice mailed to the defendant. The cause was tried non-jury at the conclusion of which the trial court entered judgment in favor of the plaintiff in the sum of $3,-000, from which defendant now appeals.

On appeal, appellant basically contends that the plaintiff failed to establish a prima facie case. We disagree.

After a careful examination of the record on appeal we conclude there was substantial competent evidence contained therein to sustain the trial court in finding the existence of a debt from the defendant to the plaintiff in the amount of $3,000. See Gendzier v. Bielecki, Fla.1957, 97 So.2d 604.

Accordingly, the judgment herein appealed is hereby affirmed.

Affirmed.

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