Kaufmann v. Kirker

Citations

• 22 Pa. Super. 201
• 1903 Pa. Super. LEXIS 188

Syllabus

<p>Contract—Damages—Defenses— Counsel fee.</p> <p>There is no law in Pennsylvania to warrant the payment, as costs of the cause, of the fees of counsel for professional services, or of value for the time bestowed, or the amount of expenses incurred by a party in its preparation and trial.</p> <p>In an action to recover damages for breach of a written contract for the exchange of land, the plaintiff cannot include as a separate item of damages counsel fees, which he was required to pay in a previous equity suit brought by the defendant against the plaintiff to enforce specific performance of the contract, and resulting in a dismissal of the bill.</p>