Legal Opinion
County of Riverside v. Brown
California Court of Appeal
Decided February 9, 1939No. Civ. 2174PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMarks, J.
—This is an appeal from an order retaxing costs. It presents the question of the propriety of the allowance of $500 for attorney’s fees to each of three groups of defendants, the respondents here, in a condemnation action which had been discontinued as to them before trial.
The pertinent part of the memorandum of respondents’ costs and disbursements is as follows:
“Memorandum of costs on Abandonment—Claimed by Defendants P. E. Newberry, Mary E. Smith, Cora P. Sieber, George M. Owen and Mittie C. Owen. . . .
“Attorney’s Pees:
“Miguel Estudillo, as more specifically set out in the affidavit of said…
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- City of Los Angeles v. Los Angeles-Inyo Farms Co.California Court of Appeal · 1933
- Freese v. PennieCalifornia Supreme Court · 1895
- People v. ThompsonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1935
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- Department of Mental Hygiene v. DunhamCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1948
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