Hill v. Jones

CLARK, Judge.

G.S. 6-21.1 provides as follows:

“In any personal injury or property damage suit, . . . instituted in a court of record, where the judgment for recovery of damages is two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) or less, the presiding judge may, in his discretion, allow a reasonable attorney fee to the duly licensed attorney representing the litigant obtaining a judgment for damages in said suit, said attorney’s fee to be taxed as a part of the court costs.”

The statute creates an exception to the general rule that attorney’s fees are not allowable as part of the costs in civil actions. City…