BALL v. MILLS

No. KK-278.

376 So.2d 1174 (1979)

Edward BALL, Florida First National Bank of Jacksonville, As Trustees under the Last Will and Testament and Codicils Thereto of Alfred I. DuPont, Deceased, Florida National Associates, Inc., a Florida Corporation, and the Florida National Banks of Florida, Inc., a Florida Corporation, Appellants, v. William B. MILLS, As Trustee under the Last Will and Testament and Codicils Thereto of Alfred I. DuPont, Deceased, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied December 12, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred H. Kent, Jr., William L. Durden, of Kent, Sears, Durden & Kent, Jacksonville, for appellants.

Christine Rieger Milton and James F. Valenti, Jr., and John H. Wilbur, of Milam & Wilbur, E. Earle Zehmer, of Bedell, Bedell, Dittmar & Zehmer, Jacksonville, Richard R. Paige, Miami, T. Edward Austin, Jacksonville, for appellee.


LARRY G. SMITH, Judge.

Appellants1 appeal from an order of the trial court awarding interim attorney's fees to Appellee2 in connection with this litigation. We reverse.

The trial court ordered the duPont Trust to pay for all services rendered by counsel for the several trustees in this litigation to and including the date May 31, 1978, "to be applied against the reasonable fees to be determined and...

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