Carpenter v. Newman

MURDOCK, Judge.

Walter Carpenter appeals from a judgment of the Mobile Probate Court fining him $250 for contempt of court, setting aside an earlier judgment that had awarded him $9,362 as a reimbursement for the payment of funeral and other expenses for Gladys Marie Zirlott, deceased, and entering a new judgment in the amount of $7,112 on his reimbursement claim.

Gladys Marie Zirlott died on October 16, 1999. She was survived by (i) her daughter, Shirley Carpenter, who was married to Carpenter (the Carpenters are residents of the State of Texas), (ii) one or more children of her deceased son,…