LAWS v. NEW YORK LIFE INS. CO.

No. 7932.

82 F.2d 811 (1936)

LAWS v. NEW YORK LIFE INS. CO. et al. NEW YORK LIFE INS. CO. v. LAWS et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 1, 1936.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. S. Gaulden, of West Palm Beach, Fla., for appellant Pearl Gaulden Laws.

J. L. Doggett and Charles Cook Howell, both of Jacksonville, Fla., for appellees and cross-appellant.

Before SIBLEY, HUTCHESON, and WALKER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

By petition for rehearing the appellant, the beneficiary named in the policy, complains of this court's action in approving the disallowance of an attorney's fee in appellant's favor. In support of that complaint attention is called to the recent decision of the Supreme Court of Florida in the case of New York Life Ins. Co. v. Lecks, 165 So. 50, 54. That case involved the application of the Florida statute (Comp.Gen.Laws 1927, § 6220) providing for...

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