Supreme Court of Virginia· 6/11/1999

Prospect Development Co. v. Bershader

Citations

515 S.E.2d 291
258 Va. 75
1999 Va. LEXIS 72

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

holding that “a chancellor, in the exercise of his discretion, may award attorney’s fees to a defrauded party”
holding as a matter of Virginia law that prevailing fraud plaintiffs may recover attorneys’ fees
observing that a contract contained an “integration clause” stating “that in the absence of an amendment in writing, the contract contains the final and entire agreement between the parties”
“The general rule in this Commonwealth is that in the absence of a statute or contract to the contrary, a court may not award attorney’s fees to the prevailing party.”

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Judges: Hassell, Lacy, Carrico, Kinser

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