Reserve Life Insurance Co. v. Ayers

217 Ga. 206 (1961)

121 S.E.2d 649

RESERVE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

v.

AYERS.

21291.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Argued July 11, 1961.

Decided September 11, 1961.

Rehearing Denied September 25, 1961.

Eugene M. Kerr, Stonewall H. Dyer, Tyler, Burns & Tyler, Houston White, Beryl Weimer, for plaintiff in error.

Randall Evans, Jr., contra.

QUILLIAN, Justice.

1. The first exception of the application is that the Court of Appeals erred in not deciding that, as a matter of law, the verdict awarding $8,000 attorney's fees to the plaintiff was excessive. It must be remembered that the petition filed in the trial court,…