Red Beryl, Inc. v. Sarasota Vault Depository, Inc.

ALTENBERND, Judge.

Inside the vault at Sarasota Vault Depository, Inc., there is a lock box purported to contain more than $5,000,000 in rare, red beryl gems. Sarasota Vault claims no interest in these gems, but many of the remaining parties in the style of this case do. Sarasota Vault filed a complaint seeking to interplead these gems or, in the alternative, to obtain a declaratory judgment as to the rights of the parties to these gems. The trial court entered a nonfinal order that partially granted a motion for summary judgment on the issue of interpleader. The order, does not place the gems…