Legal Opinion
Gardner v. Clark
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 3, 1986No. 3237PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIEAND, Judge:
The issue in this appeal is whether a court may award reasonable counsel fees where homeowners, represented by Community Legal Services, Inc., have prevailed in protracted proceedings to enforce a confessed judgment against their residential real estate. The trial court held that counsel fees were recoverable and made an award of $1,830.00. We affirm.
In June, 1966, Public Acceptance Corporation confessed judgment against Kenneth and Ann Clark for the unpaid balance of an automobile loan. In 1971, the judgment was assigned to Phillip Palmer, a straw party for Dennis Weismer and…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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