Vogel v. Smith

KEHOE, Judge.

Appellant/plaintiff takes this interlocutory appeal from a non-final order directing the release of $3500 from the registry of the Circuit Court to a non-party movant. We reverse.

The trial court committed reversible error by authorizing the release of monies deposited in the court registry to one who was not a party to the action below. A non-party had no standing to make such a motion:

“ ‘Persons who are not parties of record to a suit have no standing therein which will enable them to take part in or control the proceedings. If they have occasion to ask relief in relation to the…