Court Opinion

ID: 9674961
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 04:37:56.467184+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:16:30.393623
License: Public Domain

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING
In its motion for rehearing, Lyco contends that we erred by, inter alia, holding that the *123trial court abused its discretion in not awarding attorney’s fees to the Bank under section 114.064 of the Texas Trust Code. Lyco takes issue with our statement that “[n]o affidavit controverting the affidavit of Mr. Reavis was filed.” We appreciate Lyco’s bringing this to our attention for our statement was not entirely correct. As pointed out by Lyco, its attorney did file an affidavit in which it was contended that attorney’s fees could not be properly recovered in the case under the Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act. As evidenced by our opinion, we agreed with that contention.
However, there is nothing in Lyco’s affidavit disputing the propriety of an award of attorney’s fees under section 114.064 of the Texas Trust Code. In fact, Lyeo’s attorney stated in the affidavit that he “did not dispute that Mr. Reavis’s fees incurred for the Bank [were] reasonable up to the time of his affidavit.” While we recognize that there was indeed an affidavit filed in response to Mr. Reavis’ affidavit, we adhere to our original opinion in which we held that the trial court abused its discretion in failing to make an award of attorney’s fees to the Bank under section 114.064 of the Texas Trust Code.
Lyco’s motion for rehearing is overruled.