Grabill v. Plummer

The appeal in this case is taken from an order of the Orphans’ Court for Frederick County. On the 4th day of December, 1901, the appellant, Maria L. Grabill, administratrix pendente lite of P. Louisa Plummer, deceased, filed a peti tion in the Orphans’ Court of Frederick County, asking to be allowed in her account as such administratrix a certain sum as reasonable counsel fees, for successfully defending- in the Circuit Court for Frederick County, a caveat to the will of P. Louisa Plummer, deceased, and “that these fees be paid first out of the corpus of the fund.”

On the 5th of December,…