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WASHINGTON v. HORTON

No. COA98-909.

513 S.E.2d 331 (1999)

Larita WASHINGTON, Cynthia Washington, Individually and as Guardian Ad Litem for Tennell Washington and Jermaine Washington, Plaintiffs, v. Virginia Wiggins HORTON, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

February 16, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walen & McEniry, P.A., by K. Lee McEniry, Fayetteville, for plaintiff-appellees.

Walker, Barwick, Clark & Allen, L.L.P., by Jerry A. Allen, Jr., and Gay Parker Stanley, Goldsboro, for defendant-appellant.

HORTON, Judge.

As a general rule, in the absence of some contractual obligation or statutory authority, attorney fees may not be recovered by the successful litigant as damages or a part of the court costs. Hicks v. Albertson, 284 N.C. 236, 238, 200 S.E.2d 40, 42 (1973). In 1959, however, the North Carolina General Assembly enacted legislation now codified as N.C.Gen.Stat. § 6-21.1 which...

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