Hogan v. Coyne International Enterprises Corp.

OPINION

BEN H. CANTRELL, Presiding Judge, M.S.

This action is based on a series of contracts executed in the sale of an industrial dust control and laundry business. The *198Chancery Court of Davidson County dismissed the claims of the sellers, held that one of the sellers had breached one of the agreements but that the buyer had failed to prove its damages, and awarded the buyer attorneys’ fees. We reverse the dismissal of the sellers’ action and modify the award of attorneys’ fees.

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Roger P. Hogan owned seventy-five percent of Music City Dust-Tex Service, Inc. (Dust-Tex), a Nashville industrial…