Keal v. Day

Gorman, Presiding Judge.

{¶ 1} Plaintiff-appellant, John Keal, appeals from the trial court’s order overruling his motion to award attorney fees against defendant-appellee, Robert Day, pursuant to a clause in their commercial lease. In his single assignment of error, Keal contends that he was the “prevailing party” in Day’s forcible-entry-anddetainer action, as the trial court declined to issue a writ of restitution. Because the parties entered into a settlement in which they agreed upon a new lease to accommodate their interests, the trial court correctly overruled their cross-motions for…