TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY v. DAVIS

No. 26230.

411 F.2d 244 (1969)

The TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Carolyn W. DAVIS, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing Denied May 19, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis P. Conroy, II, Bruce S. Bullock, Jacksonville, Fla., Marks, Gray, Yates, Conroy & Gibbs, Jacksonville, Fla., of counsel, for appellants.

C. Harris Dittmar, Jacksonville, Fla., Walter L. Robison, Jacksonville, Fla., Bedell, Bedell, Dittmar & Smith, Jacksonville, Fla., of counsel, for appellee.

Before THORNBERRY and DYER, Circuit Judges, and KEADY, District Judge.


As Modified on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied May 19, 1969.

KEADY, District Judge:

The sole question presented on this appeal is the correctness vel non of the standards applied by the District Court in awarding plaintiff-appellee the sum of $39,027.78 as attorney's fees pursuant to § 627.0127, Fla. Statutes, F.S.A., as amended July 25, 1967.1

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