De Jarnatt v. Marquez
California Supreme Court
MOTION in the Supreme Court to dismiss an appeal from the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. Lucien Shaw, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtHenshaw, J.
This is an application to dismiss defendant’s appeal. Plaintiff commenced an' action in the justice’s court to recover upon a promissory note made by defendant in the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars. The instrument provided for the payment of attorneys’ fees in the event of suit. In his complaint in the justice’s court plaintiff alleged that the sum of one hundred dollars was a reasonable attorney’s fee. He asked judgment for the face of the note, with interest, and attorney’s fee in the sum of one hundred dollars. Defendant joined issue in the justice’s court, and, after trial, appealed…
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