Leavans v. Bank

50 Ohio St. (N.S.) 591
Ohio Supreme Court·Decided October 31, 1893·Published

Opinion

By the Court:

A stipulation -in a mortgage to the effect that, in case an action should be brought to foreclose it, a reasonable attorney fee, to be fixed by the court, for the sendees of the plaintiff’s attorney in the foreclosure action, should be included in the decree and paid out of the proceeds arising from the sale of mortgaged property, is against public policy and void.

Judgment affirmed.

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