Standard Fire Insurance v. Knowles

MEMORANDUM OPINION

VIRGINIA EMERSON HOPKINS, United States District Judge

This case presents the question of whether attorney’s fees claimed pursuant to the Alabama attorney lien statute, or as part of the so-called “common fund” , doctrine, trump the claim of a mortgagee, where the funds against which the claim is made are insurance proceeds on mortgaged property, at least part of which were paid.because of litigation-initiated by the attorneys and their- client. Under the circumstances of this case, the court holds that-they do not.

I. INTRODUCTION AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

This statutory…