Fikes v. Keller

ROBERT M. PARKER,

Retired Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from denial of attorney’s fee in an action on a contract.

Fikes and Page contracted to buy the stock of Redmont Broadcasting Corporation from Keller and Butler. The contract provided that the sellers would be responsible for, hold harmless, and indemnify the buyers from all claims and indebtedness incurred prior to the closing date, including reasonable attorney’s fee incurred by buyers as result of sellers’ default.

Associated Press filed an action against Piedmont Broadcasting Corporation eleven days prior to the closing date, which was *966…