Fields v. Wells

Thomas and Vicki Fields, appellants, appeal from an order of the District Court, First Judicial District, Lewis and Clark County, which awarded $4,523 in attorney’s fees and costs to Mae Wells, respondent. The appellants contest the District Court’s authority to render such an order. We affirm and award the respondent additional attorney’s fees incurred in this appeal.

This case was previously before this Court in Fields v. Wells, [239 Mont. 392,] 780 P.2d 1141, 46 St.Rep. 1775 (Mont.1989). In that case, we upheld the District Court’s dismissal of the appellants’ complaint, with prejudice, and…