ST. OF DEL. EX REL. OBERLY v. BELIN

No. AW-440.

453 So.2d 1177 (1984)

STATE OF DELAWARE, ex rel. Charles M. Oberly, III, the Attorney General, Appellant, v. J.C. BELIN, T.S. Coldewey, W.L. Thornton, William B. Mills, Alfred Dupont Dent, Jacksonville National Bank, and the Nemours Foundation, a Non-Profit Florida Corporation, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

August 8, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Corrigan, of Ulmer, Murchison, Ashby, Taylor & Corrigan, Jacksonville, for appellant.

Fred Kent, Jr., of Kent, Watts, Durden, Kent, Nichols & Mickler, Jacksonville, for appellees.


WENTWORTH, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order denying appellant attorney's fees for his Florida counsel. Appellant contends the trial court erred in finding no entitlement to reimbursement from the trust, administered by appellees, for attorney's fees incurred in bringing an action which is alleged to benefit the trust. We find such benefit but affirm for other reasons.

This litigation commenced in 1981 when the Attorneys General of Delaware and Florida...

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