attorney’s fees in addition to amount of valid claim and costs if claim is based on oral or written contract). A claim for attorneys’ fees made in connection with a contract dispute is only a claim for affirmative relief if it is made in connection with a claim for damages under the contract. See Leon Springs, 961 S.W.2d at 578. In this case, the Builders made no claim for damages connected with the underlying contract; they answered the Polanskys’ breach-of-contract claim with a general denial and did not present any claim of their own. Chapter 38 does not provide for recovery of attorneys’ fees by defendants who only defend against a plaintiffs contract claim and do not present their own contract claim. See American Airlines, Inc. v. Swest, Inc., 707 S.W.2d 545, 547 (Tex.1986) (<HOLDING>); see also, e.g., Brockie v. Webb, 244 S.W.3d
holding fees mandatory under predecessor statute of  38001 holding defendant could not recover attorneys fees under predecessor to statute 38001 when defendant did not present contract claim holding defendant that did not present its own claim under chapter 38 could not recover attorneys fees holding that predecessor to section 38001 codified with no changes as section 38001 et seq contained no requirement that the contract sued upon have a provision providing for attorneys fees holding award of attorneys fees to party prevailing on contract claim is mandatory under section 38001 if there is proof of the reasonableness of the fees