Legal Opinion
WYTHE II CORP. v. Stone
Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)
Decided May 5, 2011No. 09-09-00397-CVPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DAVID GAULTNEY, Justice.
In this appeal by Wythe II Corporation involving a fee dispute with attorney John D. Stone, Wythe presents eleven issues and Stone presents one cross-issue. We affirm in part the judgment in favor of Stone on the contingent-fee contract. We set aside the sanctions penalty awarded to Stone and associated attorney fees. We conclude that the jury award of attorney fees to pursue the breach of the written contract action is not supported by sufficient evidence; we reverse that part of the judgment. We remand the case to the trial court to determine that remaining…
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