Case Name: Benvenutti, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Vázquez et al., Defendants and Appellees
Court: Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
Jurisdiction: Puerto Rico
Decision Date: 1920-11-08
Citations: 28 P.R. 843
Docket Number: No. 2234
Parties: Benvenutti, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Vázquez et al., Defendants and Appellees.
Judges: Chief Justice Hernandez and Justices Wolf and del Toro concurred.
Reporter: Puerto Rico Reports
Volume: 28
Pages: 843–844

Head Matter:
Benvenutti, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Vázquez et al., Defendants and Appellees.
Appeal from the District Court of Mayagfiez in re the Approval of a Memorandum of Costs. — Motion for Dismissal.
No. 2234.
Decided November 8, 1920.
Appeal — Frivolous Appeal — Memorandum op Costs — Attorney Fees. — The sole ground alleged in support of the appeal being that the district court can not of itself, acting as an expert, estimate whether or not the amount of attorney fees in a memorandum of eosts is reasonable and tlie Supreme Court having decided the question in several eases, among them González v. Collazo, 25 P. R. R. '146, the appeal is frivolous and will be dismissed.
The facts, are stated in the opinion.
Mr. J. Tom Soto for the appellant.
Messrs. Benet & Souffront for the appellees.

Opinion:
Mr. Justice Aldrey
delivered the opinion of the court.
One of the grounds of the motion for the dismissal of this appeal is that the appeal is frivolous.
The appellee submitted a memorandum of costs amounting- to $342.60, which included an item of $300 for his attorney's fees. The court reduced this item to $200 and taxed the total costs at $219.
An appeal was taken from that order and in the appellant's brief the sole ground alleged is that the lower court can not of itself, acting as an expert, estimate whether the said fees were reasonable. However, as this question has been considered and decided by us in various cases, among them González v. Collazo, 25 P. R. R. 146, we are of the opinion that the appeal is frivolous and should be dismissed for this reason.
Appeal dismissed.
Chief Justice Hernandez and Justices Wolf and del Toro concurred.
Mr. Justice Hutchison took no part in the decision of this case.