NELSON v. MACHUT

No. 84-1136.

138 Wis.2d 301 (1987)

405 N.W.2d 776

Douglas NELSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Gary MACHUT, Defendant-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided March 26, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-appellant the cause was submitted on the briefs of Douglas Nelson, pro se, of Las Vegas, Nevada.

For the defendant-respondent the cause was submitted on the brief of Linda M. Clifford and La Follette, Sinykin, Anderson & Munson, of Madison.

Before Gartzke, P.J., Eich and Myse, JJ.


EICH, J.

Douglas Nelson appeals from a judgment assessing attorney fees against him pursuant to the "frivolous action" statute, sec. 814.025, Stats. The issues are: (1) whether the testimony of an attorney expert witness as to the reasonableness of the fees charged must be disregarded because his office is not in the county in which the action arose; (2) whether the trial court erred in determining that Machut's total fees...

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