Legal Opinion
Chawla v. BurgerBusters, Inc.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided April 17, 1998No. Record 970941PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SENIOR JUSTICE STEPHENSON delivered the opinion of the Court.
In this appeal, we consider, inter alia, whether the trial court erred in (1) interpreting and applying a provision in a lease providing for the payment of attorneys’ fees and (2) placing upon the defendants the burden of proving that the attorneys’ fees claimed by the plaintiff were unreasonable.
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The attorneys’ fees in question were incurred by BurgerBusters, Inc. (BurgerBusters), a tenant in a shopping center, in a chancery suit it brought against Inder and Vera V. Chawla (the Chawlas), the owners of the shopping center and…
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