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Sargent v. Midlantic Nat. Bank

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District
May 12, 1978
358 So. 2d 855 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1978)

Opinion

No. 77-1778.

May 12, 1978.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Glades County, James R. Adams, J.

Owen L. Luckey, Jr. of Luckey Harrell, Labelle, for appellant.

R. Thomas Corbin of Allen, Knudsen, Swartz, DeBoest, Rhoads Edwards, Fort Myers, for appellee.


Appellant appeals a final judgment awarding damages to appellee in this suit for conversion. Appellee cross-appeals the denial of interest from the date of conversion to the date of judgment.

We affirm the judgment, but remand this cause for the purpose of amending the final judgment to include interest thereon from the date of conversion to the date of the judgment. Gillette v. Stapleton, 336 So.2d 1226 (Fla. 2d DCA 1976).

GRIMES and SCHEB, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Sargent v. Midlantic Nat. Bank

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District
May 12, 1978
358 So. 2d 855 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1978)
Case details for

Sargent v. Midlantic Nat. Bank

Case Details

Full title:DELMER SARGENT, APPELLANT, v. MIDLANTIC NATIONAL BANK, A NATIONAL BANKING…

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District

Date published: May 12, 1978

Citations

358 So. 2d 855 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1978)

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