RAGON v. GREAT AMERICAN INDEMNITY CO.

No. 5-527.

273 S.W.2d 524 (1954)

Heartsill RAGON, Appellant, v. GREAT AMERICAN INDEMNITY CO. et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

December 20, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ragon & Morgan, Ft. Smith, for appellant.

Hardin, Barton, Hardin & Garner, Ft Smith, for appellees.


McFADDIN, Justice.

This appeal presents two questions: (a) the authority of the Workmen's Compensation Commission to award an attorney, as a portion of his fee, a percentage based on the amount paid by the employer for medical services and hospital bills of the client; and (b) the appropriateness of a declaratory judgment proceeding in a matter such as is here presented.

In the case of Great American Indemnity Co. v. Bailey, 221 Ark. 469,

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