Porter v. Stewart

(After stating the foregoing facts.) The exceptions contained in the main bill of exceptions go to the allowance of attorney’s fees to counsel for the plaintiff in the original petition, and to the assessment of dbsts and expenses, which are in part assessed against the plaintiff in error. The exception to the allowance of attorney’s fees is based upon two distinct grounds. The first ground is that the award is illegal and inequitable, as the court below was without power to make said award under the pleadings and the facts in the case. And the second ground is that the award of $1,000 as…