Burns v. County of Boundary

WINMILL, Judge Pro Tern.

This is an appeal from an order of the district court awarding attorney fees to the plaintiffs, Kenneth and Mardale Burns and Boundary Aviation, Inc., 1 in a breach of contract action. We are asked to determine whether the district court abused its discretion in not including in the award all attorney fees incurred in Burns’ suit against the county. For reasons set forth below, we affirm the district court’s order.

Effective May 9, 1983, Burns entered into a fixed-base operator agreement and an airport manager contract with the Boundary County Board of Commissioners for…