Curtis v. Western Reporting & Credit Co.

This action was instituted by the receiver of a failed bank to enforce payment of the principal and interest of three promissory notes. At the close of all the evidence, the court directed a verdict for the respondent (plaintiff below) for the principal of the notes; and a judgment was made and entered in favor of respondent and against appellants for the principal amount of the three notes, together with an attorney’s fee and costs. At the outset of the trial, the parties stipulated that respondent was entitled to an agreed attorney’s fee in the event of judgment in its favor. This appeal is…