Liability for pursuing unjustified attorney fees and default interest

12 C 302/98Tribunale di primo grado22 dic 1998Diritto civileAccolto

Estratto da Omnilex

Sintesi Omnilex

The Bonn Local Court ordered the defendant to pay the plaintiffs 446.02 DM plus 4% interest from 30 July 1998. It held that the defendant breached a duty by pursuing unjustified out-of-court claims for attorney fees and default interest. The defendant was also ordered to bear the costs of the proceedings. The judgment was declared provisionally enforceable.

Massima Omnilex

The out-of-court pursuit of unjustified claims for attorney fees and default interest constitutes a breach of duty. Such conduct may give rise to a damages claim where the requirements for liability are established.

Testo completo

Amtsgericht Bonn — 12 C 302/98 — Urteil

Entscheidungsdatum: 1998-12-22

Aktenzeichen: 12 C 302/98

ECLI: ECLI:DE:AGBN:1998:1222.12C302.98.00

Dokumenttyp: Urteil

Spruchkörper: 12. Zivilabteilung

Leitsätze

In der außergerichtlichen Geltendmachung von unberechtigten Ansprüchen auf Zahlung von Anwaltskosten und Verzugszinsen liegt eine Pflichtverletzung durch den Beklagten.

Tenor

  1. Der Beklagte wird verurteilt, an die Kläger 446,02 DM nebst 4 % Zinsen seit dem 30.07.1998 zu zahlen.

  2. Die Kosten des Rechtsstreits trägt der Beklagte.

  3. Das Urteil ist vorläufig vollstreckbar.

Ohne Tatbestand gemäß § 495 a ZPO.

Parole chiave

breach of dutyattorney feesdefault interestdamages

The defendant was liable to pay the plaintiffs 446.02 DM plus 4% interest from 30 July 1998.

Pursuing unjustified claims for attorney fees and default interest out of court constituted a breach of duty.

The defendant must bear the costs of the proceedings.

Continua la tua ricerca in ChatGPT o Claude

Collega Omnilex per cercare nel corpus legale dal tuo assistente IA.