Szoboszlay v. Glessner

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 plaintiff was a prevailing party if he obtained a judgment for an amount “in excess of the setoff or counterclaim allowed,” even though the defendant was allowed some recovery on a counterclaim
• stating that procedural requirements of the rules are not jurisdictional
• prevailing party a “party in whose favor a judgment is rendered, regardless of the amount of damages awarded”
• stating that procedural requirements of tire rules are not jurisdictional
• under landlord and tenant statute, tenant was successful in suit for return of a security deposit, and entitled to attorney’s fees, even though landlord received smaller offsetting counterclaim judgment for unpaid rent
• statute awarded attorney’s fees to the “successful party”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).