OBRASKE v. WOODY

No. 43177.

199 N.W.2d 429 (1972)

Gerald OBRASKE, individually, and d/b/a Universal Spray Co., Respondent, v. Edward E. WOODY, et al., Appellants, Northern Federal Savings and Loan Association, et al., Defendants, West Hennepin Carpet Services, Inc., Respondent, Bituminous Construction Co., Inc., Intervenor, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

July 7, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messerli, Roe, McMillan & Lindberg and Peter J. Lindberg, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Smith & Persian and Donald K. Smith, Minneapolis, for Gerald Obraske.

Haugen, Quello & Phleger, Wayzata, for West Hennepin Carpet Serv. Inc.

Karlins, Grossman, Karlins, Siegel & Brill and Allen C. Johnson, Minneapolis, for Bituminous Const. Co., Inc.

Heard before KNUTSON, C. J., and TODD, MacLAUGHLIN, and GUNN, JJ.


MacLAUGHLIN, Justice.

Defendant property owners appeal from a judgment of the district court and an order denying a new trial in a mechanics lien case. The only question before this court is whether the trial court's awards of attorneys' fees to plaintiff, Gerald Obraske, and to intervenor, Bituminous Construction Company, were excessive.

The action involved foreclosure of a mechanics lien. At the trial plaintiff's attorney, Donald K. Smith, testified to a...

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