Belgarde v. Marlia

Plaintiff landlords brought this action against defendant tenants for damage to a leased mobile home. Defendants advanced a number of counterclaims which, in the main, asserted violations of the Oregon Residential Landlord and Tenant Act. The case was tried to the court, which found in both side’s favor on some of their claims, entered a net judgment for defendants and awarded them attorney fees of $5,500. Plaintiffs appeal and raise four assignments of error. The second and third require no discussion.

Plaintiffs’ first assignment is that it was error for the court to award defendants $325 as…