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IN TNE CIRCUIT COU~tT OF THE
NINETEENTH JUDICIAL CIItCUIT
IN AIdD FOR ST. LUCIE COUNTY~
FLORIDA.
CASE N0. 82-6~:- CA-~ ~ - ~
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DAN ELY and BETTY HASTINGS .
- ELY, h:ts wife, et al. ,
Plaintiffs,
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NETTLES I~LAND, II~C. , a ~
Condominium, ~
Defendant. ~
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' FINAL JUDGMENT FOR ATTORNEY FEES AND COSTS
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This cause came on to be heard on both the Plaintiffs' and
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~ Defendant's Motions for Payment of Attorneys' Fees and Court Costs.
Both parti~s were represented by counsel and presented testimony as
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i to_the attorneys' time involved and their fees for such services. .
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' ~ach side presented expert witnesses as to reasonable'fees generally
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j charged in this area and what wouZd be a reasonable fee in this par-
ticular case. The Court, after hearing argument of counsel and being
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apprised of the facts, finds as follows: -
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1. The Plaintiffs were successful in obtaining the~material ~
relief,sou ht in their ra er and as such ~~ere the revailin art ~
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2. The Plaintiffs attorney's time t~stified to in behalf of F
this cause is found to be reasonable in view of the complexity of
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3. The fee requested by the Plaintiffs' counsel is reasonable - ~
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and proper under the circumstances. - ~
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- It is, therefare,
OItUEP.~D AI~U A~JUDGE~ as folloc4*s :
- (a) That the Pl.aintiffs are entitled to recover their reasonable
attorne 's fees which the Court hereb orders b F= ~
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B. GILBERT of the firm of GILBERT & ORR, P. A., in the sum of i,~
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- $9,0~0.00, together with the Plaintiffs' court costs assessed in
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~ t~.e amount of $159.00. In add~tion, the Defendant is ordered to
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