WASHINGTON FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO. v. HAMMETT

No. 5-3226.

377 S.W.2d 811 (1964)

WASHINGTON FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY et al., Appellants, v. Floetta HAMMETT, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied May 11, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Lady, Jonesboro, for appellants.

W. B. Howard and Jack Segars, Jonesboro, for appellee.


GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

The appellee brought this suit for a declaratory judgment. She seeks to determine whether her attorney, W. B. Howard, is entitled to charge the appellant, her automobile collision insurer, an attorney's fee for having recovered the full amount of a subrogation claim held by the insurance company. This appeal is from a decree permitting Howard to retain 40% of the recovery as his fee.

In May of 1962 the appellant issued a $50 deductible...

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