Kenneth Leventhal & Co. v. Reeves

OPINION

ANDERSON, Justice.

The issue raised by this appeal is whether a litigant receiving a judgment in his favor based on breach of contract and declaratory judgment .claims, but no damages award, may nevertheless be entitled to attorney’s fees. Kenneth Leventhal & Company [Lev-enthal] and Stephen G. Finn [Finn] appeal from a judgment granting Robert C. Reeves, Jr. [Reeves] no damages but awarding him $45,000 in trial attorney’s fees, plus fees for all appeals, and costs.1 We reverse and render.

In this appeal, Leventhal brings two points of eiTor. First, it argues the trial court erred in…