JAYSHRI ENTERPRISES INC. v. M.B.N.I., INC.

No. 95-2991.

679 So.2d 1236 (1996)

JAYSHRI ENTERPRISES, INC., a Florida corporation, d/b/a Jayshree Enterprises, Inc., Piyush Patel and Jayshree Patel, his wife, individually, Appellants, v. M.B.N.I., INC., a Florida corporation, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied September 24, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William F. Lawless of William F. Lawless & Associates, P.A., Altamonte Springs, for Appellants.

John H. Bill of Godbold, Downing, Sheahan & Battaglia, P.A., Winter Park, for Appellee.


COBB, Judge.

The appellants, hereinafter collectively referred to as Jayshri, challenge the trial court's grant of attorney's fees in the aggregate amount of $26,750.00 to counsel for the appellee, M.B.N.I., Inc., for the latter's defense of an unsuccessful counterclaim filed against it by Jayshri. We reject Jayshri's argument that the trial court erred in assessing any fee at all; we find there was a contractual basis for such an award.

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