Melnyk v. Robledo

Opinion

ASHBY, J.

Defendant M. Louise Robledo appeals from that portion of a judgment in her favor awarding her attorney’s fees in less than the amount requested, and from a subsequent order denying her motion for additional attorney’s'fees after judgment.

The background of the litigation is that in 1965 plaintiff Stephen L. Melnyk purchased an apartment complex, executing a note secured by a first trust deed in favor of Western Savings and Loan in the amount of $325,000 and a note, payable interest only until maturity, due December 1977, secured by a second trust deed in favor of defendant in…