Troute v. Aero Mayflower Transit Co.

This is an action by a shipper against a carrier to recover $2,359.95 damages for goods lost in transit between Seattle and Oakridge. The complaint included a claim for attorney fees under ORS 20.080, which, at the time when this an action was brought, provided for reasonable attorney fees in action for damages for “injury or wrong to the person or property, or both, of another where the amount pleaded is $3,000 or less * * *.’’1 The jury found plaintiff to have suffered damages of $1,800. The court awarded attorney fees of $1,750. Defendant appeals only the attorney fees award contending…