Bowman v. Kingsland Development, Inc.

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• holding that a fully defaulted party is entitled to an evidentiary hearing to determine the reasonable amount of attorney’s fees to which the opponent is entitled
• noting that the right to attorney's fees under any contractual provision is limited by the terms of that provision
• damages are unliq-uidated “if the ascertainment of their exact sum requires the taking of testimony to ascertain facts upon which to base a value judgment”
• explain-mg that actions for sums directly due on negotiable instruments are actions for liquidated damages
• “A defaulting party has a due process entitlement to notice and opportunity to be heard as to the presentation and evaluation of evidence necessary to a judicial determination of the amount of unliquidated damages.”
• “A defaulting party has a due process entitlement to notice and opportunity to be heard as to the presentation and evaluation of evidence necessary to a judicial determination of the amount of unliquidated damages.”

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