Opinion ID: 1888585
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Heading: on petition for allowance attorney's fees

Text: June 8, 1953 34 Adv. S. 88 65 So.2d 461 ARRINGTON, J. There has been filed in this Court in this cause the petition of Lester E. Wills, duly sworn to and joined in by the appellee, asking the approval by this Court of an attorney's fee in the amount of $75.00 for legal services rendered the appellee by the said Lester E. Wills on this appeal. It is alleged in the petition that the amount of the fee has been fixed by agreement between the appellee  and the said Lester E. Wills and has been approved by the Workmen's Compensation Commission. We are of the opinion that the prayer of the petition should be and it is granted, and that the allowance to the said Lester E. Wills of the attorney's fee claimed in the sum of $75.00 for his services in representing the appellee on this appeal should be and it is approved, and that the same shall be a lien upon the compensation awarded, and that the payment thereof shall be governed by Chap. 354 of the Mississippi Laws of 1948, as amended by Chap. 412 of the Mississippi Laws of 1950, and more particularly Sec. 26 of Chap. 412 of the Mississippi Laws of 1950, subject to the authority of the Workmen's Compensation Commission to commute any part of the future compensation payments into a lump sum for the purpose of paying the attorney's fee. American Surety Co. of N.Y. v. Boykin, 212 Miss. 310, 54 So.2d 398. Petition granted. McGehee, C.J., and Lee, Kyle, and Arrington, JJ., concur.