Mann v. Superior Court

HANSON, J. pro tem.

In this case we issued a writ of review and stayed the proceedings below in order that we might consider the action of the trial court in granting a new trial to an intervener upon the single question as to whether there should be a reallocation of attorneys’ fees between *275counsel for the various parties concerned. The principal question for decision is whether the trial court had jurisdiction to entertain the motion for a new trial. A subsidiary question is whether the motion for new trial lies to an order allowing attorney fees, granted as an incident to a recovery in a…