Jones v. Donovan

George Rose Smith, Justice.

This is a dispute between two lawyers, practicing in Conway, about the division of a $14,605.33 attorneys’ fee which they earned in T.I.M.E. Freight v. McNew, 241 Ark. 1048, 411 S. W. 2d 500 (1967). When the present controversy arose the bank that had been disbursing the proceeds of the Mc-New judgment filed this bill of interpleader and deposited the disputed funds in court. After a hearing the chancellor directed that the two lawyers share the fee equally. For reversal Jones contends that Donovan is entitled to only $5,000 — the sum that the chancellor would have…