EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF U. S. v. GORDY

No. 5-1452.

309 S.W.2d 330 (1958)

The EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES, Appellant, v. Victor G. GORDY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

February 3, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rose, Meek, House, Barron & Nash and Phillip Carroll, Little Rock, for appellant.

H. B. Stubblefield, Little Rock, for appellee.


ROBINSON, Justice.

The issues here are whether the trial court erred in allowing an attorney's fee and 12% penalty, as provided by statute (Ark.Stats. § 66-514) where the plaintiff recovered on the disability feature of three policies of insurance, and whether the attorney's fee allowed is excessive.

During the years 1916 and 1917, the appellant insurance company issued to appellee, Victor G. Gordy, three policies of insurance, each providing, among other...

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