Home Life Insurance v. Fisher
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OE THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA. The c„ase is stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Me. Justioe Holmes
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an action on a policy of life insurance, brought in the United States Circuit Court. The policy was taken out by one Maclean, the'plaintiff’s testator, on his own life. By a statute .of Florida, if the plaintiff recovered, reasonable attorneys’ fees were to be found by the' jury and added to the judgment. Evidence was offered as to the proper fee, and was objected to on the'ground that the statute Avas contrary to the Fourteenth Amendment. The evidence was admitted subject to exception, the plaintiff got a verdict and judgment, and…
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- Horner v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
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