EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY v. NICHOLS


84 So.2d 500 (1956)

The EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY of the UNITED STATES and Marjorie C. Walsh, Appellants, v. Janet C. NICHOLS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida. Special Division B.

January 26, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L.S. Julian, Shutts, Bowen, Simmons, Prevatt & Julian, Miami, for Equitable Life Assur. Soc. of United States.

Aronovitz, Aronovitz & Caidin, Miami, for Marjorie C. Walsh.

Charles H. Gautier and Robert M. Sturrup, Miami, for Janet C. Nichols, appellee.


ROBERTS, Justice.

We here review a final decree of the lower court adjudicating that the appellant Walsh was not entitled to the proceeds of certain life insurance policies issued by the appellant insurance company, and requiring that the appellant insurance company pay attorney's fees to the appellee Nichols, who was successful in her claim that she was entitled to the proceeds of the policies, plus one-half of the costs of the litigation.

The appellant Walsh...

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