Lámar v. Urban Renewal Agency of City of Reno

OPINION

By the Court,

Thompson, C. J.:

This is a consolidated appeal from judgments entered in five separate condemnation actions instituted by the Urban Renewal Agency. The main issue concerns attorney’s fees. Each condemnee-appellant asserts that he may recover a reasonable attorney’s fee from the condemnor as a matter of constitutional right and, in any event, by reason of Nevada statute. The district court in each case rejected that assertion. That court ruled correctly.

There is no constitutional right in the condemnee to recover his attorney’s fees as a part of the “just compensation”…