Novosad v. Cunningham

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• holding an original invoice attached to a verified petition supports a finding that the amount owed under the invoice for professional services is a liquidated claim
• “Cunningham’s liquidated damages were properly proved to the trial court by Cunningham’s written instruments and by Novosad’s admission [by default] of the material facts in Cunningham’s original petition.”
• automatic bankruptcy stay ordinarily does not extend to actions against parties other than debtor, including guarantors
• “A claim is liquidated if the amount of damages can be accurately calculated by the court from the factual, as opposed to the conclusory, allegations in the petition and an instrument in writing.”
• A Cunningham = s liquidated damages were properly proved to the trial court by Cunningham = s written instruments and by Novosad = s admission [by default] of the material facts in Cunningham = s original petition. @

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