Is a party entitled to attorney's fees in a personal injury proceeding?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from McMillin's Estate, In re, 284 P.2d 864 (Cal. App. 1955):
Attorney's fees allowed in a partition proceeding must be awarded the party, not the attorney. Code Civ.Proc. 796; Chavez v. Scully, 62 Cal.App. 6, 216 P. 46.
An allowance for the services of an attorney for a receiver must be made to the receiver, not to the attorney. Sullivan v. Gage, 145 Cal. 759, 79 P. 537.
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