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SWAPS, LLC v. ASL PROPERTIES, INC.

No. COA16-443.

791 S.E.2d 711 (2016)

SWAPS, LLC, Plaintiff, v. ASL PROPERTIES, INC., The Heyward Group d/b/a The Heyward Companies and Virginia E. Favreau, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

Filed: November 1, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Koy E. Dawkins , Monroe, for plaintiff-appellee.

Raynor Law Firm, PLLC, by Kenneth R. Raynor , Charlotte, for defendants-appellants.

The issue presented in this appeal is whether the North Carolina Uniform Declaratory Judgment Act permits a trial court to award attorneys' fees. We hold that it does not.

The act states that "the court may make such award of costs as may seem equitable and just." N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-263. Our Supreme Court has held that...

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