Van Sloun v. Agans Bros., Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that attorney fees are not allowed “in the absence of a statute or agreement expressly authorizing it” (citation omitted)
• stating that attorney fees are not allowed “in the absence of a statute or agreement expressly authorizing it” (citation omitted)
• recognizing our standard of review in “a declaratory judgment action depends upon how the action was tried to the district court”
• noting litmus test for determining if action is tried at law is whether the trial court ruled on evidentia-ry objections
• noting appellate courts have no authority to award appellate attorney fees due under contract without an attorney fee affidavit
• finding a declaratory judgment action based on a breach of contract claim was an action at law reviewed for errors at law

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).