DILLARD DEPT. STORES, INC. v. OWENS

No. 13-96-074-CV.

951 S.W.2d 915 (1997)

DILLARD DEPARTMENT STORES, INC., Appellant, v. Richard L. OWENS, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

Rehearing Overruled September 18, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce L. Collins, III, Ellis & Prehn, William A. Abernethy, Carlos A. Mattioli, Meredith, Donnell & Abernethy, Corpus Christi, for Appellant.

L. Scott Smith, Law Office L. Scott Smith, Corpus Christi, for Appellee.

Before SEERDEN, C.J., and YANEZ and CHAVEZ, JJ.


OPINION

SEERDEN, Chief Justice.

Dillard Department Stores appeals from a judgment denying its claim against Richard Owens for payment of a charge card debt and awarding Owens attorney's fees. Dillard raises ten points of error complaining of the award of attorney's fees and, alternately, of the admission of improper evidence at trial. We affirm in part, and reverse and suggest remittitur in part.

Owens opened an account with Dillard in 1970 and received...

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