Cannon v. Parker

Attorneys’ fees are taxable as costs only:(1) When there is a contract providing for the payment of attorneys’ fees;(2) When there is a statute providing for the payment of attorneys’ fees; or(3) When a litigant, as a result of a suit, has preserved the assets of a debtor for the creditors or otherwise benefited the creditors to the extent that equity should require that the assets be charged with a portion of the costs and expenses of the litigation that conferred such benefits.

“In the absence of a valid and applicable statute, agreement, or stipulation expressly authorizing the allowance or…