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BURNETT v. GRAVES

No. 15656.

230 F.2d 49 (1956)

Coy BURNETT and Mel Dar Corporation, Appellants, v. Ireland GRAVES, J. Chrys Dougherty and Joe R. Greenhill, individually and as members of partnership of Graves, Dougherty & Greenhill et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 8, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. L. House, House, Mercer & House, San Antonio, Tex., Enright & Elliott, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellants.

John W. Stayton, Black & Stayton, Austin, Tex., for appellees.

Before BORAH and BROWN, Circuit Judges, and WRIGHT, District Judge.

BROWN, Circuit Judge.

Having lost, then won, Burnett v. Mar-Tex Realization Corp., Tex.Civ.App., 250 S.W.2d 612, Burnett and his family corporation, Mel Dar Corporation now appeal from the judgment entered on a jury verdict awarding $80,000 (plus $5,000 attorneys' fees) to their attorneys1 for their successful reversal on appeal.

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