Wilkinson v. McCall

STAKELY, Justice.,

This proceeding involves the allowance of an attorney’s fee from the estate of a decedent. It was begun by a petition of Bethea McCall, as coexecutor and cotrustee, which was filed in a cause in equity styled “In the Matter of the Estate of Edward Wilkinson, deceased.” The appellant, Edward Wilkinson, Jr., is one of the executors and trustees named in the will of the decedent. Bethea McCall, appellee, was appointed as successor to the appellant’s sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Lanier, by decree entered on November 16, 1942. She was the other executor and trustee named in the will.…