Hoeneke v. Lehman

BARROW, Chief Justice.

Appellant has perfected his appeal from a judgment awarding appellee the sum of $1,598.80 in liquidated damages together with reasonable attorney’s fees because of appellant’s failure to timely file a campaign expense statement as required by Art. 14.-08, Tex. Election Code Ann. (1967). 1 The trial court granted appellee an instructed verdict as to appellant's liability for liquidated damages and submitted the question of reasonable attorney’s fees to the jury. The jury found that a reasonable attorney’s fee for services rendered the appellee in the trial court would be…