Legal Opinion
Perry v. John Hancock Mut. Life Ins.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 13, 1924No. 4254PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Circuit Judge.
The question in this case is whether, where a deed to secure a debt for principal, interest, and attorney’s fees is being foreclosed as a mortgage in the United States District Court, a decree is proper to be rendered for the attorney’s fees as well as for the principal and interest due upon said debt. That such a debt can be foreclosed in equity as a mortgage in the United States court is well settled.
The statute regulating attorney’s fees in Georgia may be found in Code of Georgia of 1910, § 4252, which reads as follows:
“Obligations to pay attorney’s fees upon any note…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Hamilton v. RogersSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
- Evans v. Atlantic National BankSupreme Court of Georgia · 1918
- Peeples v. StricklandSupreme Court of Georgia · 1897
- Howard v. CarrollDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1912
- British & American Mortgage Co. v. WorrillU.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Georgia · 1909
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Oxford Production Credit Association v. Gordon L. DuckworthCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982