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SULLIVAN, BODNEY AND HAMMOND, CORP. v. HOUSTON GENERAL, INS. CO.

Nos. 92-2945, 92-3077.

2 F.3d 824 (1993)

SULLIVAN, BODNEY AND HAMMOND, a Professional Corporation, Appellee/Cross-Appellant, v. HOUSTON GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY; National Development Company, doing business as Bent Tree Harbor, Inc., Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 13, 1993.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied October 19, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald Edward Roark, Jefferson City, MO, argued (Kelly Pool, on brief), for appellant.

Charles E. Hammond, Overland Park, KS, argued, for appellee.

Before McMILLIAN, MAGILL, and LOKEN, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied October 19, 1993.

LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

Houston General Insurance Co. and National Development Co., Inc., appeal the district court's judgment in favor of Sullivan, Bodney, and Hammond, P.C. (SBH), a disbanded law firm, on its statutory attorney's fee lien claim. We conclude that appellants' previous payment of the entire attorney's fee to a principal of SBH extinguished the lien. Accordingly, we reverse...

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