Attorney fees are permitted when authorized by contract, statute or law. (Code Civ. Proc., § 1033.5, subd. (a)(10).) A city ordinance allows the city to collect attorney fees incurred in foreclosing a lien on real property. Just as "... a rose is a rose ..." so is an ordinance a statute when it permits recovery of attorney fees.
Mohan and Sylvia Conway Narula (the...
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