Legal Opinion
Bowens v. Chicago, M. & St. P. Ry. Co.
District Court, W.D. Washington
Decided June 29, 1914No. 2716PublishedCited by 2 opinions
At Law. Action by W. A. Bowens against the Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul Railway Company. On objection to cost bill.
1Opinion of the Court
NETERER, District Judge.
This cause was commenced in the state court, and removed to this court on petition of the defendant, and remanded to the state court on motion of the plaintiff. The plaintiff filed a cost bill, taxing $20 attorney’s fees against the defendant. The defendant has filed an objection to the taxing of $20 attorney’s fees, and states that a reasonable fee is the sum of $10.
The attorney’s fee to be taxed in a case of this kind is provided by section 5 of the Act of March 3, 1875 (18 Stat. 472, c. 137), and the *288amendments thereto, brought forward into section 37 of the…
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- Pellett v. Great Northern Ry. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Washington · 1900
- Riser v. Southern Ry. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of South Carolina · 1902
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Louisville & N. R.District Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1913
3Cited by2 opinions
- Kramer v. JarvisDistrict Court, D. Nebraska · 1949
- Karsohles v. MoschosDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1954