Case Name: Joseph P. GALLO and Five Hundred N. Atlantic, Inc., Appellants, v. Rodney ESSER and Strout Realty, Inc., Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1981-12-30
Citations: 407 So. 2d 1062
Docket Number: No. 81-658
Parties: Joseph P. GALLO and Five Hundred N. Atlantic, Inc., Appellants, v. Rodney ESSER and Strout Realty, Inc., Appellees.
Judges: SHARP and COWART, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 407
Pages: 1062–1062

Head Matter:
Joseph P. GALLO and Five Hundred N. Atlantic, Inc., Appellants, v. Rodney ESSER and Strout Realty, Inc., Appellees.
No. 81-658.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
Dec. 30, 1981.
John R. Godbee, Jr., of Coble, McKinnon, Rothert, Bohner, Barkin & Godbee, P. A., Daytona Beach, for appellants.
William E. Loucks of Fink, Loucks & Sweet, Daytona Beach, for appellee Esser.
No appearance for appellee Strout Realty, Inc.

Opinion:
ORFINGER, Judge.
In this interpleader action, and pursuant to Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.420(b), the trial court dismissed appellant's amended cross-claim and counterclaim, for willful failure to comply with a previous order of the court. Appellant's answer to appellee's cross-claim was not affected. Since both appellant and appellee are the defendants in this interpleader action, and one or the other of them will prevail, the dismissal of appellant's cross-claim and counterclaim is not dispositive of the issue of which of them is entitled to the interpleaded funds. Thus the order is non-final and non-appealable. North Indialantic Homeowners Association v. Bogue, 390 So.2d 74 (Fla.1980).
The appeal is dismissed.
SHARP and COWART, JJ., concur.