Legal Opinion
Steward v. Wurtz
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided February 17, 1997No. 96-1160PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
David Newberk, Justice.
This case arises from the Trial Court’s decision to modify (reduce) a previous order awarding an attorney’s fee and expenses to a prevailing defendant. The order which was later modified was in favor of the appellant, Kathryn Steward. The issues are whether the Trial Court had the authority to modify its order and whether Ark. Code Ann. § 16-22-309 (Repl. 1994), which provides for an award of an attorney’s fee in the event an unfounded claim or defense is made in bad faith, was correctly applied. We hold the Trial Court had the authority to modify its order, but that…
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- Bell v. Preferred Life Assurance SocietySupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Underwood v. SledgeSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1871
- Young v. YoungSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1994
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