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HSU v. ABBARA

Docket No. S037574.

9 Cal.4th 863 (1995)

891 P.2d 804

39 Cal. Rptr.2d 824

CHIA-LEE HSU et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. MAHER J. ABBARA et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of California.

April 6, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Mantalica & Treadwell, Mark A. Treadwell and Denis White for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Stephen Lewis for Defendants and Appellants.

OPINION

KENNARD, J.

When a contract contains a provision granting either party the right to recover attorney fees in the event of litigation on the contract, Civil Code section 1717 (hereafter section 1717) gives the "party prevailing on the contract" a right to recover attorney fees, whether or not that party is the party specified in the contract. It defines the phrase "party prevailing on the contract" as "the party who recovered...

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