Legal Opinion
Garrett v. McRee
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided January 12, 1953No. 4508PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURRAH, Circuit Judge.
This appeal involves the power of the trial court to fix and apportion attorneys’ fees out of a fund recovered in a suit under the Oklahoma Wrongful Death Statute.
W. McRee of the State of Arkansas employed A. E. Zellers, an attorney of Weatherford, Texas, to assist him in a claim for damages for the wrongful death of his wife and injuries to himself growing out of an automobile accident in McCurtain County, Oklahoma. Alberta Lee Garrett, his wife’s minor daughter by a former marriage, was also injured in the same accident and she employed W. A. Combs, an attorney at…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Hurley v. HurleySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1942
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3Cited by29 opinions
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