Heath v. Gray

SEYMOUR, Justice.

This case concerns attorney’s fees and involves many facts of which a large number may and will be omitted, since they have no relevance to the jurisdictional issue upon which disposition of the appeal is made.

Appellant, represented by his attorney Forbis, the appellee, filed suit in Sierra County against Gray, seeking a money judgment and other relief in connection with a construction contract unrelated to the problem presented here. Gray’s answer to the complaint, insofar as material to the instant case, was a counterclaim asserting a joint venture agreement between himself…