Cheyenne Land Co. v. Wilde

OPINION

DAVIES, Judge.

The trial court awarded the appellant lessor $5 in attorneys’ fees in an unlawful detainer action. Appellant contends that respondents agreed in the lease to pay reasonable attorneys’ fees and that the lease provision should be enforced despite the statutory limit on attorneys’ fees in unlawful detainer cases. We disagree and affirm.

PACTS

In April 1980, respondents James and Petra Wilde entered into a 99-year lease with appellant Cheyenne Land Company for the land on which their home was built. The lease provided:

If Lessee shall at any time be in default hereunder and…