Plantation House, L.P. v. Anderson & Strudwick, Inc.

By Judge Melvin R. Hughes, Jr.

This matter is before the court on the plaintiffs post trial Motion for Attorney’s Fees and Costs. The case is a suit by a landlord to recover rents due from a tenant under two written commercial leases. Section 20 of the 1988 and 1995 leases provides that “Landlord shall also be entitled to recover from tenant all cost of collection, including attorney’s fees” in the event the rent is not paid when due.

The trial resulted in a jury verdict of $17,607.28 on the plaintiffs clam for rent, as well as an award of $7,607.28 on the defendant’s counterclaim for breach of…