Huff v. Fidelity Union Life Insurance Company

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• holding that “attorney’s fees are not part of [a] demand or claim, but are in the nature of a penalty, or punishment for failure to pay a just debt”
• observing that “the attorney’s fees [awarded under chapter 38’s predecessor] are not part of the demand or claim”
• observing that \the attorney's fees [awarded under chapter 38's predecessor] are not part of the demand or claim\
• observing that “the attorney’s fees [awarded under chapter 38’s predecessor] are not part of the demand or claim”
• holding that neither the filing of a lawsuit \arising out of a contract nor the allegation of a demand in the pleadings constitutes presentment of a demand\ to entitle a party to attorney fees as required by Chapter 38 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code
• holding that neither the filing of a lawsuit “arising out of a contract nor the allegation of a demand in the pleadings constitutes presentment of a demand” to entitle a party to attorney fees as required by Chapter 38 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code

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