Case Name: DAVIS et al. v. FOMON
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1977-11-16
Citations: 144 Ga. App. 14
Docket Number: 54680
Parties: DAVIS et al. v. FOMON.
Judges: Bell, C. J., and McMurray, J., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 144
Pages: 14–15

Head Matter:
54680.
DAVIS et al. v. FOMON.

Opinion:
Smith, Judge.
The only issue raised on this appeal is the propriety of a jury award and judgment for expenses of litigation including attorney fees (Code § 20-1404) in a property damage suit. There was evidence which would authorize a jury to find that the defendant had been stubbornly litigious. But there was no evidence produced to guide the jury in determining the amount of damages to be awarded as expenses of litigation or attorney fees. Since an allowance for damages cannot be based on guesswork (Tendrift Realty Co. v. Hayes, 140 Ga. App. 896 (232 SE2d 169) (1977)), the plaintiff failed to make out a proper case for these damages, and the award was not supported by the evidence.
Submitted October 4, 1977
Decided November 16, 1977.
William L. Skinner, for appellants.
Ronald K. Owen, for appellee.
Judgment affirmed with direction that the plaintiff write off from the judgment the amount allowed as attorney fees; otherwise, the judgment stands reversed.
Bell, C. J., and McMurray, J., concur.