LATTIN v. LA FRANCE

No. 84-2322.

475 So.2d 299 (1985)

Mary G. LATTIN and the Estate of William C. Lattin, Deceased, Appellants, v. Maurice A. La FRANCE and Lillian La France, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

September 18, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William F. Sullivan of Portley and Sullivan, Pompano Beach, for appellants.

Norman D. Zimmerman of Zimmerman & Zimmerman, P.A., Pompano Beach, for appellees.


LETTS, Judge.

The holders of a promissory note successfully sued for payment. As an integral part of the final judgment, the trial judge awarded prejudgment interest, though none was asked for at trial or included in the jury verdict. We reverse.

A very recent holding by our Supreme Court has concluded that the awarding of prejudgment interest, in a case such as this, is a purely ministerial act which would normally permit the trial judge to do what he did...

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