Braxton v. Johnson

HAWKINS, Presiding Justice,

for the Court:

Darryl Braxton has appealed from an adverse decree of the chancery court of Issaquena County in favor of Jeryl T. Johnson. The issues we address on this appeal are: (1) the time for appeal from an order allowing a contested claim against an estate; (2) whether Mrs. Gladys Marie Brax-ton, and after her death her estate, were deprived of an opportunity to contest in court the validity of an alleged indebtedness; and (3) to what extent should attorney’s fees be allowed against an estate when a portion of the legal services were for an individual creditor…