ZUCKERMAN v. ALTER

No. 4D99-1064.

758 So.2d 1172 (2000)

Edith ZUCKERMAN, as Trustee of the Ruth Alter Trust, Appellant, v. Jack ALTER, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

May 3, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Gross of the Law Office of Robert C. Gross, P.A., Miami, for appellant.

No brief filed for appellee.


KLEIN, J.

The trial court assessed attorney's fees and costs which were incurred as a result of a party seeking relief by interpleader. Because we conclude that the party seeking interpleader relief was doing so for its own protection, it was not entitled to fees and reverse.

Fleet Clearing Corporation, the party seeking interpleader, was running an investment account. Before it sought interpleader, Fleet and other defendants had been sued by appellant, who...

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