Sandy Valley Associates v. Sky Ranch Estates Owners Ass'n

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• recognizing the general rule in Texas allowing a jury to determine the reasonableness of statutory attorney fees
• providing that attorney fees are recoverable as damages when a party's \bad faith conduct\ necessitates bringing an action for declaratory or injunctive relief
• explaining that attorney’s fees claimed as damages must be “proven by competent evidence at trial, just as any other element of damages”
• emphasizing that attorney fees as special damages, as with any other element of damages, must be pleaded under NCRP 9(g) and then proven at trial by competent evidence
• emphasizing that attorney fees as special damages, as with any other element of damages, must be pleaded under NCRP 9(g) and then proven at trial by competent evidence
• explaining \the difference between attorney fees as a cost of litigation and attorney fees as an element of damage\

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