Master Automotive Warehouse, Inc. v. Amato

CHEHARDY, Chief Judge.

This is the companion suit to Esteve v. Longo, 549 So.2d 316, decided this day. These consolidated appeals arise from a mortgage foreclosure proceeding in which the holder of the second-ranked mortgage intervened to contest the amount of attorney’s fees claimed by the attorneys for the holder of the first-ranked mortgage, who was the foreclosing creditor.

The dispute arose because the judicial auction of the property brought insufficient funds to satisfy the second mortgage holder’s claim after payment of the principal, interest, costs, and attorney’s fees due on the…