MEAS v. YOUNG

No. 86-1835.

142 Wis.2d 95 (1987)

417 N.W.2d 55

Edward M. MEAS, Sr. and Noreen L. Meas, his wife, Plaintiffs, v. Thomas G. YOUNG, Peter G. Bushman, James S. Gabrielsen and James F. Fox, Defendants-Third-Party Plaintiffs-Appellants, Edward CECHVALA and Marcella Cechvala, Third-Party Defendants-Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided October 23, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendants-third-party plaintiffs-appellants, there were briefs by Thomas Terwilliger and Jeffrey J. Strande and oral argument by Thomas Terwilliger of Terwilliger, Wakeen, Piehler & Conway, S.C., of Wausau.

For the third-party defendants-respondents, there was a brief and oral argument by Robert Rusch of Rusch & Rusch Law Office, S.C., of Medford.

Before Cane, P.J., LaRocque and Myse, JJ.


CANE, P.J.

This is an appeal from an amended judgment awarding attorney fees to Edward and Marcella Cechvala based on the wrongful acts of their realtors. We conclude that the attorney fees necessarily incurred in the Cechvalas' defense of these wrongful acts are properly allowable under the facts of this case. That portion of the judgment is affirmed. However, because the trial court did not confine its award to only those attorney fees arising from the defense of...

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