Legal Opinion
Terrell v. Pippart
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided March 1, 2012No. A11A1539PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Andrews, Judge.
Phyllis Terrell appeals after a jury awarded her former fiancé Christopher Pippart $94,000 on his quantum meruit claim and $12,000 in attorney fees. For reasons that follow, we affirm the quantum meruit award, vacate the award of attorney fees, and remand.
The evidence at trial, taken in the light most favorable to the verdict, 1 was that Pippart and Terrell were engaged to be married when Pippart began building a house on land owned by Terrell’s father. The money to build the house came from Pippart and Pippart’s mother, with the understanding that Pippart’s mother would live…
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