Monterrey Mexican Restaurant of Wise, Inc. v. Leon

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• affirming jury award of fees under OCGA § 13-6-11 where evidence supported a finding that defendant had acted in bad faith
• affirming jury award of fees under OCGA § 13-6-11 where evidence supported a finding that defendant had acted in bad faith
• describing tortious deprivation as the prevention of the “exercise of intangible rights of the kind customarily merged in a document is subject to a liability similar to that for conversion”
• attorney fees under OCGA § 13-6-11 can only be awarded on the claims on which the plaintiff prevailed
• award for claims of money had and received and of conversion amounted to double recovery
• attorney fees under OCGA § 13-6-11 can only be awarded on the claims on 26 which the plaintiff prevailed

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