Houston solo Mary Masterson turned a couple’s $50 dispute with a homeowner’s association into a $71,500 final judgment, which includes $68,000 in fees.

Back in 2007, the plaintiffs’ filed an original petition over a $50 fine the homeowners’ association imposed after allegedly finding aluminum foil on an exterior pipe of the plaintiffs’ home. On April 18, 270th District Court Judge Brent Gamble entered the final judgment, after the case had made a trip to Houston’s 1st Court of Appeals.