Sarasota Publishing Co. v. E. C. Palmer & Co.

— In this case the suit was on a note which provided for attorney’s fees in the sum of ten per cent in the event of default in the payment of the note. In regard to this item it was alleged in the declaration as follows:

“That because of the failure of said defendant to pay said note as aforesaid, the same has been placed in the hands of an attorney for collection and suit instituted thereon; and the plaintiff claims the principal and interest on said note, together with the ten per cent attorneys fee provided for therein on- the principal and interest.”

There was no allegation in the…