(Download) "Dowding v. Smithers" by Arizona Supreme Court ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Dowding v. Smithers
- Author : Arizona Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 31, 1957
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 50 KB
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Plaintiffs-appellees brought suit against defendants-appellants on a promissory note given by the latter for the sum of $525.47, with interest at 6% per annum. The note contained this provision: "Should suit be brought to recover on this note, I promise to pay as attorneys fees a reasonable amount additional on the amount found due hereunder." (Emphasis supplied.) Defendants filed an answer and a counterclaim for damages in the sum of $46,000. The case was tried to the court sitting with a jury and the latter returned a verdict for the principal amount sued for on the note with interest thereon, plus an attorneys fee in the sum of $1,400. Verdict was for plaintiffs on defendants counterclaim. The evidence upon which the attorneys fee was predicated consisted solely of testimony as to the number of hours spent in preparation for trial plus the time actually in court, coupled with a stipulation as to the minimum rate schedule of the Maricopa County Bar Association.
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