Villeneuve v. Beane

¶ 1. Landlord David Villeneuve appeals from a judgment, after bench trial, holding him liable for tenants’ compensatory and punitive damages for trespass, harassment, and termination of electricity, and for tenants’ attorney’s fees in this action for back rent. Landlord contends that, notwithstanding the judgment against him, he is entitled to recover attorney’s fees for breach of the lease by tenants’ failure to pay rent, a claim on which he prevailed, and that the trial court’s damage award on tenants’ counterclaim was not supported in fact or law. We affirm.

¶ 2. In view of landlord’s claim…