STATE EX REL. BURK v. CITY OF OKLAHOMA CITY

No. 50794.

598 P.2d 659 (1979)

The STATE of Oklahoma, ex rel. Gil BURK and C.B. Ray, Myrta Rorem, Hali Jean Wells, Admx. of the Estate of Mildred Wells, and William Byron Hayes and Rhoda P. Hayes, husband and wife, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. The CITY OF OKLAHOMA CITY, a Municipal Corporation, Defendant-Appellant, The Two Thousand Classen Building Corporation, American Fidelity Assurance Company, C.W. Cameron, et al., Defendants.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

July 24, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Connolly, Jr. and Tom J. Lee, Oklahoma City, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Walter M. Powell, Municipal Counselor, Mark E. Monfort, Asst. Municipal Counselor, Oklahoma City, for defendant-appellant.


SIMMS, Justice:

This appeal by the City of Oklahoma City arises from an order fixing the amount of attorney's fees to be paid from a common, equitable fund created for the City through the efforts of attorneys for named appellees. A history of this litigation and authority of the trial court to award attorney fees from the equitable fund is found in State ex rel. Burk et al. v. City of Oklahoma City et al., Okl.,

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