Amwest Surety Insurance Co. v. Stamatiou

LAURA DENVIR STITH, Presiding Judge.

The trial court granted Plaintiff-Respondent Amwest’s motion for summary judgment in an interpleader action filed by Amwest in order to settle the conflicting claims of Defendant-Appellant, Dimitri Stamatiou, and his former spouse, Dian Stamatiou, to the proceeds of a $25,000 supersedeas bond that Amwest issued for an appeal taken in an unlawful detainer action involving the Stamatious and El Greco Studios, Inc. The trial court dismissed and discharged Amwest in this in-terpleader action on May 15, 1997, once it determined that the requirements for…