City of Long Beach v. Sten

This is an appeal from a judgment denying to defendant, William Ellis Lady, attorney’s fees in a condemnation proceeding against his own property, which proceeding had been defended by him in propria persona.

The plaintiff filed this action in 1923 in the superior court in and for the county of Los Angeles to condemn certain property in the city of Long Beach, jointly owned by the defendants Sten and Lady. The latter is an attorney at law and appeared and defended on behalf of his co-owner and for himself, personally. An interlocutory judgment in the sum of $19,620 was obtained in their favor,…