MBM Financial Corp. v. Woodlands Operating Co.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that plaintiff who recovered no damages was not entitled to attorney’s fees under Chapter 38
• recognizing that Texas allows nominal damage awards for breach of contract where no economic damages are shown
• noting that whether policy is wise “is for the Legislature, not the courts, to decide”
• holding, to recover attorneys’ fees under section 38.001, litigant must prevail on breach of contract claim
• holding plaintiff must prevail against defendant in order to recover attorneys’ fees
• declining to extend the bar against declarations of non-liability to contract cases

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).