Edmonds v. Mapp

As is said in the briefs of counsel for each of the litigants, the sole question presented here “is as to the propriety of the court’s action in allowing the fee complained of in this case to counsel for the plaintiffs.”

This is a lien creditors’ suit which was instituted in 1932 for the purpose of preserving the estate of the debtor, A. J. Lilliston, and subjecting it to the payment of the liens thereon according to their priorities.

“Ravenswood”, a large plantation and a part of the estate, was sold in 1920 by Miss Margaret Conquest to Lilliston, the purchase price being $70,000.00, and in…