alleged violation of deed restriction setbacks, not the association’s requests for attorney’s fees and costs. Indeed the association’s requests for attorney’s fees and costs can be deemed only ancillary to the main relief sought. When the Paynes’ voluntarily purchased the adjoining lot and had it annexed to bring their property into compliance with the deed restrictions, they themselves mooted out the significant issue to be litigated in this case. Their voluntary compliance with the deed restrictions was the functional equivalent of a judgment or verdict in favor of the plaintiff/association, thus making the association entitled to an award of attorney’s fees and costs as the prevailing party. See Augustin v. Health Options of S. Fla., Inc., 580 So.2d 314, 315 (Fla. 3d DCA 1991) (<HOLDING>). See also State of Fla. Dep’t of Health and
holding the receiver properly applied rental income from the property to the payment of common charges during the pendency of the foreclosure action holding that when defendant made full payment to physician during pendency of action as prayed for in the complaint it necessarily mooted out the action and was the functional equivalent of a plaintiffs verdict or judgment for purposes of fees holding that a defendant must be granted credit for time served in any institution serving as the functional equivalent of a county jail recognizing that when a cause of action is reduced to a judgment the cause of action is merged into the judgment and thereafter only an action on the judgment exists holding that personal injury action arising during the pendency of the bankruptcy proceedings was property of the estate