ATTORNEY'S FEES AND MINIMUM AWARD
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case Prize Energy Resources, L.P. v. Cliff Hoskins, Inc. (2011)
Most recently applied in ConocoPhillips Co. v. Ramirez (June 2017)
Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 1011, Sec. 1, eff
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
If a suit is filed to collect proceeds and interest under this subchapter, the court shall include in any final judgment in favor of the plaintiff an award of:
(1) reasonable attorney's fees; and
(2) if the actual damages to the plaintiff are less than $200, an additional amount so that the total amount of damages equals $200.
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.