Electric Controls v. Ponderosa Fibres of America
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
1Opinion of the CourtFarmer, J.
Defendant Vanderbilt Industrial Contracting Corporation (VICC) appeals the trial court’s judgments which awarded attorney’s fees to two of VICC’s co-defendants in this lawsuit, Kajima International, Inc., and Titan Contracting and Leasing Company. We reverse the trial court’s judgments based upon our conclusion that the relief awarded exceeds the scope of the relief requested by the parties’ pleadings.
This litigation began in June 1992 when Electric Controls and Service Company, on behalf of itself and other creditors, filed suit to enforce a mechanics’ and material-men’s hen on the real…
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