Walsh

Walsh v. Hyland

Good Law
6 Cal. Unrep. 108·54 P. 148
Supreme Court of CaliforniaAugust 16, 1898S. F. No. 1396California367 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Henshaw, J.

This is a petition for an original writ of mandate. It arises upon the following facts: Upon appeal to this court in the case of Walsh v. Hunt, 120 Cal. 46 , 39 L. R. A. 697, 52 Pac. 115 , the judgment of the trial court was reversed, with directions to that court to enter a different judgment upon the findings, all of which will be found set forth in the opinion rendered in that case. Upon the going down of the remittitur, plaintiff in that action, who is petitioner herein, made application to the trial court to enter its judgment in her favor for the sum of $500, for $100 counsel fees, and for $60.15 costs in the trial court, with interest upon these sums, together with her costs upon the appeal to this court. The item of counsel fees was stipulated in the mortgage, and the amount had been awarded in the former judgment. The costs which were prayed for were the costs which were incidental to the former trial, and were also embraced within the judgment appealed from. The trial judge refused to grant the application. By his interpretation of the decision of this court, the only judgment permissible to be entered in plaintiff’s favor was a judgment for $500, principal of the…

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