HUTCHINSON v. FISH ENGINEERING CORPORATION


204 A.2d 752 (1964)

Arthur J. L. HUTCHINSON, Plaintiff, v. The FISH ENGINEERING CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, and Pacific Northwest Pipeline Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Doe One, Doe Two, Doe Three, Doe Four, Doe Five and Doe Six, Defendants.

Court of Chancery of Delaware, New Castle.

November 13, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert L. Cobin, of Coxe, Booker, Walls & Cobin, Wilmington and Leonard J. Meyberg, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff.

Arthur G. Connolly and Januar D. Bove, Jr., of Connolly, Bove & Lodge, Wilmington, and Robert F. Campbell, of Andrews, Kurth, Campbell & Jones, Houston, Tex., for defendant, The Fish Engineering Corp.

John VanBrunt, Jr., and Andrew G. T. Moore, II, of Killoran & VanBrunt, Wilmington, for defendant, Pacific Northwest Pipeline Corp.


SEITZ, Chancellor:

Defendants were successful on the merits. Hutchinson v. Fish Engineering Corp., (Del.Ch.), 203 A.2d 53. Defendant Fish Engineering seeks to have the unsuccessful plaintiff pay its counsel fees. Assuming that the allowance of counsel fees to the successful party is a permissible discretionary matter with a court of equity, I conclude that the facts of this case do not move...

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