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

No. 5-1712.

318 S.W.2d 609 (1958)

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

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

December 15, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wood & Smith, Little Rock, for appellant.

Bernal Seamster, Little Rock, for appellee.


ROBINSON, Justice.

The amount of an attorney's fee is involved here. Appellant, Victor G. Gordy, retained H. B. Stubblefield, an attorney, to attempt the collection of disability benefits on six policies of insurance. Gordy contends that Stubblefield was to receive as his fee one-third of the accrued benefits, and Stubblefield contends that he was to receive one-third of the full amount collected on the policies, including the amount to be paid in the future, less...

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