Hiss v. Friedberg

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “Nor are attorneys’ fees and other expenses incurred in former litigation between the same parties recoverable in a subsequent action.”
• where real estate broker failed to disclose certain information to his clients, the owners, and litigation resulted between owners and purchasers because of this failure, owners were awarded attorney’s fees in subsequent suit against broker
• “The troublesome question is whether in this action for breach of contract the [plaintiffs] are entitled to recover of [the defendants] as an element of their damages the costs of their litigation, including counsel fees, with [a third party].”
• “[Wjhere a breach of contract has forced the plaintiff to maintain or defend a suit with a third person, he may recover the counsel fees incurred by him in the former suit 'provided they are reasonable in amount and reasonably incurred.”
• “[W]here a breach of contract has forced the plaintiff to maintain or defend a suit with a third person, he may recover the counsel fees incurred by him in the former suit provided they are reasonable in amount and reasonably incurred.”
• both parties in equally good position to limit damages

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).