Reid v. Merrell

Upon a mortgage foreclosure brought by appellee, the final decree awarded complainant $2,000.00 as principal, plus $682.57 as interest, plus taxes and costs. The decree also confirmed the report of the general master in chancery finding the sum of $500.00 as a reasonable attorney's fee. No predicate is laid in the bill of complaint, that complainant ever agreed or was obligated to pay his solicitors any amount to foreclose said mortgage, which is a prerequisite to an awarding of such fees. Blount Bros. Realty Co. v. Eilenberger, 98 Fla. 779, 124 So. R. 41.

Each point raised by appellant has…