Flatbush Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n of Brooklyn v. Dozier

Supreme Court of Georgia
Flatbush Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n of Brooklyn v. Dozier, 240 Ga. 227 (Ga. 1977)
240 S.E.2d 552; 1977 Ga. LEXIS 1457
Hall

Flatbush Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n of Brooklyn v. Dozier

Opinion of the Court

Hall, Justice.

In an equitable proceeding to marshal the assets of an insolvent estate, Flatbush Federal Savings & Loan Association appeals from an order of the superior court denying its motion for attorney fees as part of its secured *228claim against the estate.

Argued October 11, 1977 Decided November 28, 1977. Davis, Matthews & Quigley, Ron L. Quigley, Theodore Salter, Jr., for appellant. Alston, Miller & Gaines, Ben F. Johnson, III, Robert G. Edge, for appellee.

Under the rationale of Strickland v. Williams, 215 Ga. 175 (109 SE2d 761) (1959), which expresses well the competing equities presented by the instant lawsuit, the claim of Flatbush Federal for attorney fees was correctly denied by the superior court.

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur.

Reference

Full Case Name
FLATBUSH FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION OF BROOKLYN v. DOZIER
Status
Published