Legal Opinion

Council House, Inc. v. Hawk

Court of Appeals of Washington

Decided December 11, 2006No. 57205-9-IPublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

147 P.3d 1305 (2006)

COUNCIL HOUSE, INC., Respondent,

v.

Jeanne (Lauren) HAWK, Appellant.

No. 57205-9-I.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

December 11, 2006.

William John Crittenden, Attorney at Law, Seattle, Counsel for Appellants.

Alex J. Rose, Attorney at Law, Bellevue, Beth Prieve Gordie, James Albert Oliver, Short Cress & Burgess PLLC, Seattle, Counsel for Respondents.

ELLINGTON, J.

¶ 1 The unlawful detainer statute allows the court to award attorney fees to the prevailing party. Here, the tenant prevailed but the court denied fees. Because the arguments for denying fees were legally…

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