Ex Parte Landrum
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Townsend, J., Edgefield, August, 1903. Proceeding in probate court to- fix fees of attorneys representing executrices in Ex parte Lewis D. Landrum et al., executors, &c., in re last will of Mrs. Emily G. Budwell. From Circuit decree modifying probate decree, Baptist Mission Boards of the Southern Baptist Convention, legatees, appeal. cite: As to when fees should be paid and the amount: 1 Ency., 967; Rice Eq., 51; 4 Rich. Eq., 39; 8 Rich.
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Before Townsend, J., Edgefield, August, 1903. Proceeding in probate court to- fix fees of attorneys representing executrices in Ex parte Lewis D. Landrum et al., executors, &c., in re last will of Mrs. Emily G. Budwell. From Circuit decree modifying probate decree, Baptist Mission Boards of the Southern Baptist Convention, legatees, appeal. cite: As to when fees should be paid and the amount: 1 Ency., 967; Rice Eq., 51; 4 Rich. Eq., 39; 8 Rich. Eq., 87; 25 S. C., 501; 60 S. C., 272; 5 Martin, 397; 15 La., 395; 24 S. C., 483. Costs and fees should be prorated among parties in interest: 11…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Gary.
This is an appeal from an order determining the amount of attorneys’ fees and the fund out of which they should be paid. That porton of the decree setting forth the facts of the case is as follows:
“This is an appeal from the decree of the probate judge of Edgefield County, fixing the fees of the attorneys for the executrices of the will of the late Mrs. E. G. Budwell. It appears that application was made to the probate judge to< fix the amount of such fees and also’ direct the fund out of which the same should be paid. The attorneys…
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