FIDELITY CO. v. BUCKI CO.

No. 220.

189 U.S. 135 (1903)

FIDELITY AND DEPOSIT COMPANY v. L. BUCKI & SON LUMBER COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 6, 1903.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Richard H. Liggett for The Fidelity and Deposit Company. Mr. Winfield Liggett was with him on the brief.

Mr. H. Bisbee for the L. Bucki & Son Lumber Company. Mr. George C. Bedell was with him on the brief.


MR. JUSTICE BREWER, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

The principal question arises in the claim to recover counsel fees incurred in securing the dissolution of the attachments. The reasonable value of such fees was specially found by the jury to have been $7500. The Circuit Court refused to include this in its judgment, but the Court of Appeals ruled otherwise, and ordered judgment for that sum in addition to the amount of...

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