Case Name: National Life and Accident Insurance Company v. Lain; et vice versa
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1935-03-12
Citations: 180 Ga. 463
Docket Number: No. 10461
Parties: National Life and Accident Insurance Company v. Lain; et vice versa.
Judges: All the Justices concur.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 180
Pages: 463–464

Head Matter:
National Life and Accident Insurance Company v. Lain; et vice versa.
No. 10461.
March 12, 1935.

Opinion:
Atkinson, Justice.
The words "attorney's fees" as employed in section 3 of the act of 1933 (Ga. L. 1933, p. 290), amending- the act creating- the municipal court of Atlanta, considered in connection with section 1 of the act, refer to attorney's fees that are ancillary to the main relief sought in a suit of which the court has jurisdiction, and are not confined to "contractual attorney's fees as provided for in a promissory note or other written contract."
All the Justices concur.
Hendrix & Buchanan, for plaintiff in error.
A. Walton Nall, Roberts & Nall, and E. B. Lovell, contra.