Legal Opinion
Sass v. First Nat. Bank of Cherokee
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided July 24, 1997No. A97A1679PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Blackburn, Judge.
First National Bank of Cherokee (the bank) brought the underlying action to recover on a promissory note executed by the defendant Gray W. Sass. The jury returned a verdict for the bank on the note and awarded the bank $52,234.77 as expenses of litigation. Sass appeals the jury’s award of attorney fees under OCGA § 13-6-11 contending that it was not supported by the evidence.
“The question of attorney fees under OCGA § 13-6-11 is a question for the jury. The standard of review of an award of attorney fees under OCGA § 13-6-11 is whether there is any evidence to support the…
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