Eggert v. Pacific States Savings & Loan Co.

On October 28, 1938, John Eggert, as a holder of a Fidelity Definite Term Certificate commenced this action against the Pacific States Savings and Loan Company and the State Guaranty Corporation, on behalf of himself and some 1,500 other certificate holders. The complaint in- eluded a prayer that plaintiff’s attorneys of record he allowed attorneys’ fees for filing and prosecuting the action. The court held the suit a proper class action, and in its judgment for Eggert and the other certificate holders whom he represented decreed that they recover from the defendant Pacific States Savings and…