Legal Opinion
Citizens Bank v. Travers
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided May 29, 2007No. 06-P-1429PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDreben, J.
The plaintiff bank brought this action to enforce the terms of a note. The defendant was defaulted and, after a hearing, the bank obtained a judgment for the amount it claimed was due under the note — $11,057.29. Although, pursuant to the terms of the note, the bank had also requested attorney’s fees and submitted an affidavit of counsel seeking such fees and costs of $4,200, an amount not contested by the defendant, a judge of the Boston Municipal Court, without explanation, awarded only $300 in attorney’s fees. On the bank’s appeal of the attorney’s fee award, the Appellate Division…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Fabre v. WaltonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
- Cummings v. National Shawmut Bank of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
- First National Bank of Boston v. BrinkMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Mulhern v. RoachMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- Stowe v. BolognaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
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