Rubenstein v. H. Hackfeld & Co.
Hawaii Supreme Court
Appeal prom Circuit Judge, Eirst Oiecuit.
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT BY
FREAR, C.J.
The only question presented on this appeal is whether counsel fees may be allowed as damages under an injunction bond conditioned for the payment of “all costs, charges and damages sustained,” etc. The circuit judge allowed <$500 upon the admission of plaintiff’s counsel that the defendant had paid its counsel that amount solely for services in procuring the dissolution of the injunction and that that amount was reasonable for such services. The plaintiff appealed.
The plaintiff concedes that by the weight of authority counsel fees may be allowed in such a…
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