Smith v. Haire

This suit was brought by certain attorneys to recover their fees for services rendered in the contest of the will of J. T. M. Haire, deceased. There is no question made as to the amount of the fees claimed, nor as to the fact of proper services having been rendered by the attorneys. The question presented is whether the attorneys for the successful contestants of a will are entitled to payment of their fees out of the estate as part of the expenses of adminstration.

A brief statement of the ease is that Mr. Haire died in July, 1912, leaving two paper writings purporting to be his last, will…