FLAGSHIP NAT. BK v. COMMERCIAL BK. & TRUST CO.

No. 82-850.

428 So.2d 361 (1983)

FLAGSHIP NATIONAL BANK OF MIAMI, Appellant, v. COMMERCIAL BANK & TRUST COMPANY, Bank of Hallandale & Trust Company, the Dania Bank, Amerifirst Federal Savings & Loan Association, Hollywood Federal Savings & Loan Association, and American Savings & Loan Association of Florida, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

March 22, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Myers, Kenin, Levinson, Ruffner, Frank & Richards and William M. Grodnick, Miami, for appellant.

Levine, Reckson & Geiger and James S. Maxwell, Miami, Long, Finkel & Cave, Hallandale, and Daniel Cave, Fort Lauderdale, Blackwell, Walker, Gray, Powers, Flick & Hoehl and James C. Blecke, Miami, Abrams, Anton, Robbins, Resnick, Schneider & Mager and Jack F. Weins, Ellis, Spencer, Butler & Kisslan and Robert Butler, Hollywood, Broad & Cassel and John S. Freud, Miami for appellees.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BASKIN and DANIEL S. PEARSON, JJ.


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...

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