Barr v. Borough of Belmar

One of the grounds of appeal in this case is that the court erroneously decreed, inter alia, that appellants, defendants below, pay to the respondents, complainants below, as part of their taxed costs, a counsel fee of $2,500.

It is, of course, well settled that the allowance of counsel •fees in a chancery suit is within the sound discretion of the chancellor, and will not be disturbed on review, unless there is an abuse of discretion. Grunstra v. New-Ark Petroleum Corp., 111 N. J. Eq. 451, 453.

The record, on this point, is not very helpful. There is no proof of the filing of the usual…