Vaughan v. County of Mississippi

HOGAN, Judge.

This is an action to enforce an attorney’s lien by execution and garnishment issued in aid thereof. Upon defendant’s motion, the trial court has quashed the execution and the plaintiff, a practicing attorney, has appealed.

Defendant Mississippi County, a county of the third class, has elected to accept the provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Law as a self-insurer. On October 24, 1974 one Thurston B. Drummond, then a county employee, sustained fatal injuries in a com-pensable accident. On October 26,1976, the Division of Workmen’s Compensation made an award of death benefits…