Legal Opinion
Heckert v. MacDonald
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 10, 1989No. A034733PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
PETERSON, J.
Defendants and cross-complainants Gerald P. Heckert, Claudette E. Heckert, John A. Brooks, Marian J. Brooks, George F. Heckert, and Valerie Heckert (appellants) appeal from the judgment and post-judgment order denying their requests for attorney fees based on the “third party tort” exception to the general rule that each party must pay his own attorney fees. (Code Civ. Proc., § 1021.) In affirming, we will hold that: (1) Sellers of real property, adjudged completely indemnified by their broker against their joint adverse judgment obtained by buyers solely because of the…
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