Eistrat

Eistrat v. Humiston

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160 Cal. App. 2d 89·1958 Cal. App. LEXIS 2097·324 P.2d 957
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaMay 2, 1958Civ. 5656California1,151 words

Opinion

Opinion

Griffin, J.

In an action by plaintiff and his wife against defendants William I. Humiston and Marjorie Humiston, husband and wife, plaintiffs recovered judgment against William I. Humiston alone for $19,157.46, plus interest and costs. The court denied judgment against Marjorie Humiston and allowed costs in her favor. Plaintiffs were denied allowance for claimed attorney’s fees alleged to be due them on the note involved, because no attorney’s fees had been actually incurred. Plaintiffs appealed from that part of the judgment denying them such attorney’s fees, holding that Mrs. Humiston was not liable on said note, and in giving her judgment for her costs. Other grounds for reversal of the judgment are set forth but are not here material. For further particulars see Eistrat v. Humiston, 150 Cal.App.2d 391 [ 309 P.2d 925 ], where this court affirmed the judgment as rendered. A hearing by the Supreme Court was denied on June 19, 1957. Thereafter, defendants jointly filed their memorandum of costs on appeal amounting to $126.60. On July 9th, plaintiffs moved to tax those costs and also moved for offset of those costs against the unpaid judgment in favor of plaintiffs and against William I.…

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