Erb v. Johannes

CRANDALL, Judge.

Defendant Robert J. Howard appeals from a judgment entered in an interpleader action. The trial court awarded the fund in question to plaintiff T. Joyce Erb; denied Howard an award of his attorney fees; and awarded Paxton Ackerman, the former attorney for Howard and defendant Charles Evans, a judgment for attorney fees against both of them, personally and as statutory trustees for Second Street North, Ltd.

Howard is the sole appellant. He claims the court erred (1) in holding him liable for Ackerman’s fees because the court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over the…