Fleming v. Qualls

We affirm the final judgment entered in the mortgage foreclosure action below, except that we reverse a portion of the award of attorney’s fees. The fees in question, aggregating $5668.95, approximately a third of the total, were purportedly incurred by Barnett Bank of Northwest Florida prior to its assignment of the mortgage to A1 Qualls, Jr.

A Barnett Bank officer testified that two law firms provided services with respect to three separate mortgage agreements between the bank and Bobbie R. Scheffer, the original debtor on the note secured by the mortgage foreclosed in this case. Invoices…