SYLAR v. HODGES

No. A01A0418.

550 S.E.2d 438 (2001)

250 Ga. App. 42

SYLAR et al. v. HODGES.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

June 8, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Renzo S. Wiggins, Ringgold, for appellants.

Frank B. Perry, Ringgold, for appellee.


JOHNSON, Presiding Judge.

A contract clause provides that if one party must use an attorney to enforce the agreement, then the defaulting party shall pay attorney fees. Under this clause, must the party enforcing the contract show that the other party acted in bad faith in order to recover attorney fees? We hold that the enforcing party is not required to prove bad faith because the plain language of the attorney fees clause imposes no such requirement.

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