Legal Opinion
Jackson v. Barbero
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided June 30, 1989No. S-2925PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
The issue on appeal is whether the prevailing party of a contract dispute should be awarded full reasonable attorney’s fees, as stipulated in the contract, or if the original contract is superseded by a subsequent agreement which does not mention attorney’s fees. The superior court awarded partial attorney’s fees. We hold that the original contract controls. We therefore remand the award back to the superior court to determine full reasonable attorney’s fees.
I. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS
In June 1985, Dan Jackson and Martin and Delores Barbero signed a Residential Lease with Option to…
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