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Lassiter v. Cecil8/21/2001
te plaintiffs for the cost of photographs, photocopies, several years of property taxes on the uncompleted house, and other miscellaneous expenses totaling approximately $6,000. Plaintiffs assert that, because defendants did not explicitly challenge their list of expenses, the trial court was required under the fee construction contract to award plaintiffs everything included on their list.
However, while defendants did not object to plaintiffs' list of expenses, neither did they stipulate to it. Plaintiffs simply presented the trial court with their list of expenses, divided into categories. We hold that the trial court's finding of fact that plaintiffs' deposition costs and expert witness fees were plaintiffs' "reasonable costs and expenses" incurred in the proceeding is supported by competent evidence. See Fortune Ins. Co. v. Owens, 351 N.C. 424, 428, 526 S.E.2d 463, 466 (2000) (" n appeal, the appellate courts are bound by the trial court's findings [of fact] if competent evidence in the record supports these findings."). We therefore find no error in the trial court's award of costs to plaintiffs.
We affirm the 6 December 1999 judgment of the trial court.
Affirmed.
Judges GREENE and CAMPBELL concur.
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