Legal Opinion
Flagship National Bank of Miami v. Commercial Bank & Trust Co.
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided March 22, 1983No. 82-850PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BASKIN, Judge.
Flagship National Bank of Miami has appealed an order dismissing some counts and transferring others of its third-party complaint.1 We reverse.
Because we find that third-party plaintiff Flagship properly impleaded parties which might be liable to it if Fidelity Federal Mortgage Corporation were to recover on its claim against Flagship, and because we hold that the trial court’s jurisdiction was established by Fidelity’s action, we perceive no necessity for an independent basis for jurisdiction over the third-party complaint. Fla.R.Civ.P. 1.180; see Milhet Caterers v. North…
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- Jones v. KreminskiDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1975
- Swiss Israel Trade Bank v. MobleyDistrict Court, S.D. Georgia · 1970
- Dorr-Oliver, Inc. v. Linder Industrial MacHinery Co.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1972
- Lazarow, Rettig & Sundel v. Castle Capital Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1980
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Capitol Fidelity Life Ins. Co. v. STATE EX REL., DEPT. OF INSU.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1985
- Mall Bank v. STATE EX REL. DEPT.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1985