LAGARDE FINANCE COMPANY v. VINET

No. 21460.

346 F.2d 846 (1965)

LAGARDE FINANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Nancy D. VINET, Appellee. Nancy D. VINET, Appellant, v. LAGARDE FINANCE COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

June 15, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Felix H. Lapeyre, James H. Kepper, Jr., Stewart J. Kepper, Kepper, Moulin & Kepper, Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Burke, Toler & Hopkins, New Orleans, La., for appellant-appellee.

Paul J. Thriffiley, Jr., Charles W. Lane, III, New Orleans, La., for appellee-appellant.

Before WISDOM and GEWIN, Circuit Judges, and BOOTLE, District Judge.


GEWIN, Circuit Judge:

The primary issue in this diversity case is whether the appellant, Lagarde Finance Company, Inc., is entitled to $2,904.70 attorney's fees out of the proceeds of certain life insurance policies that have been deposited in the registry of the court by the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. The policies were assigned to Lagarde by the deceased insured to secure a promissory note executed in Lagarde's favor. Lagarde's claim to the fees was...

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