Legal Opinion
Doctors Hospital 1997, L.P. v. Sambuca Houston, L.P.
Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)
Decided January 13, 2005No. 14-04-00079-CVPublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WANDA McKEE FOWLER, Justice.
Show Business Entertainment, a music band, prevailed in its suit against Sambu-ca, a restaurant, and Doctors Hospital, the host of a party at Sambuca, when neither paid the band for playing at a Christmas party. Sambuca, in turn, successfully claimed that Doctors Hospital was responsible for the band’s fees. On appeal, Doctors Hospital complains only about attorney’s fees awarded to Sambuca. First, it asserts the fees should not have been awarded because Sambuca recovered on a promissory estoppel claim, not a contract claim, and second, it argues the court…
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