Woodcock v. Wabash Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Monroe District Court.— Hon. M. A. Roberts, Judge. These four cases, while separately tried and determined in the lower court and submitted here separately, involve the same question, and will be disposed of in one opinion. They involve the validity of an order taxing attorney’s fees for plaintiff’s attorneys against defendant for services, rendered in this court upon appeal from the district court.
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Appeal from Monroe District Court.— Hon. M. A. Roberts, Judge. These four cases, while separately tried and determined in the lower court and submitted here separately, involve the same question, and will be disposed of in one opinion. They involve the validity of an order taxing attorney’s fees for plaintiff’s attorneys against defendant for services, rendered in this court upon appeal from the district court. The defendant in each case appeals from the orders taxing such fees.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
Each of these cases was a condemnation proceeding commenced by defendant to acquire a right of way for its railroad. From the amount awarded by the sheriff’s jury, the railway company appealed to the district court, and upon trial in the district court the award was increased and the costs, including reasonable attorney’s fees in each case, were taxed to defendant railway company. The railway company appealed each case to this court, where the judgments were affirmed. Procedendo in the usual form were issued and filed in the district court and thereafter each plaintiff filed a motion in the…
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