Case Name: Blanche Butler Ames, Respondent, v. Emeline Bigelow et al., Appellants
Court: Washington Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Washington
Decision Date: 1896-11-16
Citations: 15 Wash. 532
Docket Number: No. 2339
Parties: Blanche Butler Ames, Respondent, v. Emeline Bigelow et al., Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Washington Reports
Volume: 15
Pages: 532–533

Head Matter:
[No. 2339.
Decided November 16, 1896.
Blanche Butler Ames, Respondent, v. Emeline Bigelow et al., Appellants.
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE — INSUFFICIENCY OF EVIDENCE — STIPULATION FOR ATTORNEY’S FEES.
A finding by the court in a foreclosure proceeding that a mortgage had become' due prior to the date of its maturity is warranted, when the mortgage provides that the mortgagee has an option to declare the whole sum due for failure to pay any installment of interest, and there is evidence sufficient to show such election.
The action of the court in allowing the attorney’s fee provided in a note and mortgage as payable in case of foreclosure is warranted, although there is no other proof of the value of services in such proceedings t an the agreement contained in the instruments sued upon, which had been introduced in evidence.
Appeal from Superior Court, King County. — Hon. J. W. Langley, Judge.
Affirmed.
Robinson & Rowell, for appellants.
Elder & Harger, for respondent.

Opinion:
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Hoyt, C. J.
This appeal is from a decree foreclosing a mortgage made by the appellants to the respondent. Three errors are assigned.. The first is founded upon the finding by the court that the mortgage was due; the second, upon the ruling of the court in refusing to allow one of the appellants to testify as to what he did on the. strength of certain letters received from the husband of the respondent; and the third, upon the action of the court in allowing the sum of $500 as attorneys' fees.
As to the first, it is sufficient to say that there was abundant proof to show that the respondent had, un der the terms of the mortgage, elected to declare the whole sum due by reason of the non-payment of installments of interest; and the letters from the husband of respondent, relied upon by the appellants to show that there had been no such election, were entirely insufficient for that purpose.
The second assignment is without merit, for the reason that the letters referred to were not such as to show any change in the relation of appellants to thé principal and interest provided for in the mortgage and note thereby secured.
The third assignment is founded upon the alleged fact that the court fixed the attorneys' fees without any proof having been introduced which would authorize such action on its part; but in making this claim appellants have overlooked the fact that the mortgage and note were introduced in evidence and that therein it was stipulated by the appellants that, in case of foreclosure, $500 should be included in the decree for attorneys' fees.
We find no error in the record and the judgment will be affirmed. .
Gordon, Anders, Scott and Dunbar, JJ., concur.