Holder v. Elg

Defendants appeal from a judgment awarding attorney fees and costs to plaintiff. We review for errors of law, ORS 20.220(1), and affirm.

The procedural background of this case is complex. In February 1991, an Idaho state court awarded judgments for plaintiffs 1 against defendants on two promissory notes worth almost $100,000. Both notes contained attorney fee provisions in the event of a successful action to collect on them. The Idaho judgments also awarded attorney fees to plaintiff. In August 1992, plaintiff filed those judgments in Multnomah County in accordance with the Uniform Enforcement…