Opinion ID: 1812895
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Heading: on motion for allowance of attorney's fees

Text: HALL, J. In our decision of this case on January 21, 1957, we held that the appellant was entitled to recover compensation, and that the same should be the difference between her actual earnings before the injury and her earning capacity after the injury; we further said that we are unable to determine from the record before us how much weekly compensation she was entitled to recover and the judgment of the attorney-referee and the Commission and the circuit court were reversed and the cause remanded to the circuit court and then to the commission for an adjudication on this matter. The attorney for appellant has filed a motion for the allowance of attorney's fees, but in the motion he requests that we determine whether or not the minimum compensation benefits of $10.00 per week is applicable. Counsel for the appellees have filed an answer to the motion and they agree that they have no objection to the allowance of attorney's fees but they do object to a determination at this stage of the proceeding as to whether appellant's future compensation shall be at the rate of $10.00 per week. In the original opinion which is reported in 92 So.2d 209, not yet reported in the State Reports, we pointed out that we were unable to determine from the record the amount to which the appellant is entitled and we decline to do so at this time. (Hn 9) However, the motion will be sustained to the extent that the attorney for appellant will be allowed a fee of 33 1/3 percent of the benefits which may be awarded to appellant, this being in accordance with the written contract between the appellant and her attorney, which contract is filed as an exhibit to the motion. Motion sustained in part. McGehee, C.J., and Lee, Kyle a nd Holmes, JJ., concur.