Opinion ID: 1934078
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Heading: motion of appellees and their attorney for approval and allowance of attorney's fees.

Text: An opinion was rendered and a judgment entered in this case on March 26, 1956, affirming an award of death benefits made by the Workmen's Compensation Commission to the widow and minor child of Joseph L. Spencer, deceased. Since the decision was rendered a motion has been filed by the appellees and their attorney asking for the approval and allowance of an attorney's fee to be paid to the appellees' attorney in a sum equal to 33-1/3 per cent of all death benefits accrued prior to the entry of an order of allowance of said attorney's fee by this Court, plus a sum of money equal to a partial lump sum settlement of 33-1/3 per cent of the present value of all future death benefits, to be computed and paid as hereinafter provided. (Hn 10) The motion for the approval and allowance of said attorney's fee is sustained. And the attorney for the appellees is hereby allowed, as full compensation for all services rendered by him in this cause, a sum of money equal to 33-1/3 per cent of all death benefits which have accrued prior to the entry of an order in this cause, plus a sum of money equal to a partial lump sum settlement of 33-1/3 per cent of the present value of all future death benefits, said partial lump sum settlement to be determined and computed as provided in Section 6998-19 (j), Mississippi Code of 1942, and to be deducted from payments last to become due the claimants. Motion sustained and attorney's fee fixed at 33-1/3 per cent. McGehee, C.J., and all, Arrington and Gillespie, JJ., concur.