In Re Estate of Johnson

Inasmuch as a court of record in rendering a judgment speaks through its journal alone, it should be observed the Court of Appeals based its reversal on the single finding “that in its opinion substantial justice has not been done the party complaining.”

The sole question requiring consideration by this court is the jurisdiction of the Court of Appeals on an appeal on questions of law to substitute its judgment for that of the trial court as to the amount of an allowance for an unliquidated claim for counsel fees.

It is the contention of the appellant that under these circumstances the…