Legal Opinion
Beckman v. Wilcox
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided July 2, 1999No. 23513-7-IIPublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSeinfeld, J.
A private way of necessity condemnor appeals an award of attorney fees to his condemnee. The trial court awarded the fees shortly after it dismissed the condemnation action pursuant to the condemnor’s motion. The question before us is whether the trial court retained jurisdiction to award attorney fees. Holding that it did, we affirm.
FACTS
The condemnors, Richard L. and Richard J. Beckman (Beckman), filed a petition for a private way of necessity. They sought to condemn a private road owned by Monte and Jeanette Wilcox, Wesley and Karen Randall, and David and Kasandra Edgemon Suther (Wilcox).…
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