AVERY v. SCHMELTER

No. 77-1076.

374 So.2d 95 (1979)

John L. AVERY, Jr., Appellant, v. Clarence SCHMELTER, Robert V. Wolfe, Frank E. Ivers, and the United States of America, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

August 29, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Brian Brennan, West Palm Beach, for John L. Avery, Jr., appellant.

James C. Blanton, West Palm Beach, for Robert V. Wolfe and Frank E. Ivers, appellees.

M. Carr Ferguson, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Gilbert E. Andrews, Atty. Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for appellee United States.


PER CURIAM.

Upon consideration of the record, briefs and arguments of counsel for the respective parties, we determine the trial court erred in entering summary final judgment, as a genuine material issue of fact existed as to whether or not it was an intent of the parties that attorneys' fees would come out of the proceeds of the recovery.

Accordingly, the summary final judgment is reversed and the cause remanded for further proceedings.

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