Legal Opinion
Graddick v. First Farmers & Merchants Nat.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided June 1, 1984No. 82-108, 82-109 and 82-383PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
These appeals are from the judgment of the Circuit Court of Pike County awarding an attorney's fee to the firm of Orme and Faulk in the amount of $27,000.00, for services allegedly inuring to the benefit of the beneficiaries of a trust established by the will of Robert Murphree, deceased, and awarding the trustee of that trust a fee for its services in the amount of $29,643.13. The trial court also ordered that First Farmers and Merchants National Bank, the trustee, which was about to merge with First Alabama Bank of Troy, and no longer exist, would be allowed to continue as a…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Peebles v. MileySupreme Court of Alabama · 1983
- Mazer v. Jackson Ins. AgencySupreme Court of Alabama · 1976
- Dent v. FoySupreme Court of Alabama · 1925
- Faulk & Co. v. Hobbie Grocery Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1912
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Van Schaack v. Amsouth Bank, N.A.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1988
- Beal Bank, SSB v. SchilleciSupreme Court of Alabama · 2004
- Lanier v. Moore-Handley, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1991
- Hart v. JacksonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1992
- Pharmacia Corp. v. McGowanSupreme Court of Alabama · 2005
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