Jay Fikes and Associates v. Walton

REYNOLDS, Justice.

An action for conversion of a tenant’s property lead to a judgment for the value of the converted property, punitive damages and attorney’s fees. The awards for actual and exemplary damages are sustainable; but, absent establishment of a contractual or statutory right to recover attorney’s fees, the áward therefor must be eliminated. Modified and affirmed.

Sherry Smith Walton occupied a unit of the Kings Park Apartments in Lubbock under a written one-year lease agreement with Jay Fikes and Associates, d/b/a Kings Park Apartments. The lease agreement provided for a landlord’s…