FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF GRAYSON v. WHALEY

No. 15083.

284 S.E.2d 618 (1981)

The FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF GRAYSON v. Rex WHALEY, Lewis F. Whaley, and W. R. W., Inc., D/B/A W. & W. Coal Company.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

December 2, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marshall & St. Clair and William D. Levine, Huntington, for appellant.

White, Wolpert & Nibert and Bernard T. Nibert, II, Huntington, for appellees.


McGRAW, Justice:

The First National Bank of Grayson, Kentucky (hereinafter the Kentucky bank), appeals from a final order of the Circuit Court of Cabell County, entered on October 14, 1980, which denied the Kentucky bank's recovery of a reasonable attorney's fee in this action. The court below concluded that the payment of attorneys' fees violates the public policy of the State of West Virginia, and it is from this ruling that the Kentucky bank appeals.

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