Gordy v. Equitable Life Assurance Society

Sam Robinson, Associate Justice.

The amount of an attorney’s fee is involved here. Appellant, Victor G. Gordy, retained H. B. Stubblefield, an attorney, to attempt the collection of disability benefits on six policies of insurance. Gordon contends that Stubblefield was to receive as his fee one-third of the accrued benefits, and Stubblefield contends that he was to receive one-third of the full amount collected on the policies, including the amount to be paid in the future, less the amount payable in the event of death. Prom a judgment in favor of Stubblefield, Gordy has appealed.

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