Pontious v. American Motorists Insurance

The plaintiff, Pontious, seeks recovery of attorney’s fees incurred by him in defending a claim of damages prosecuted against him for personal injuries resulting from an automobile accident against which he was insured by the defendant insurance company. A trial in the superior court for Cowlitz county, sitting without a jury, resulted in findings and judgment awarding to the plaintiff recovery in the sum of five hundred dollars against the defendant, from which it has appealed to this court.

The cause is before us for decision upon the findings of the superior court, which, in so far as need…