CITY OF SPARTANBURG v. BULL

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266 S.C. 168 (1976)

222 S.E.2d 491

The CITY OF SPARTANBURG, Respondent, v. Dr. J.C. BULL and Vastyne Whaley Pettis (formerly Vastyne Whaley), Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

February 5, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Claude R. Dunbar, Esq., of Spartanburg, for Appellants.

T.E. Walsh, Esq., of Spartanburg, for Respondent.

Claude R. Dunbar, Esq., of Spartanburg, for Appellants, in Reply.


February 5, 1976.

LEWIS, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the trial court fixing an attorney's fee pursuant to Act No. 330, page 460, 1967 Acts of the General Assembly (Section 36-652, Code Supplement). The question to be decided is whether the fee allowed by the court was so inadequate as to constitute an abuse of discretion.

The General Assembly enacted the foregoing statute, in order to implement Article 1, Section 17 of the Constitution...

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