In Re Davis's Estate

This case involves the question of whether or not certain attorneys' fees and expenses incurred by Louis G. Palmer were properly chargeable against the estate of J. Hazel Gilmore Davis, deceased.

Said J. Hazel Gilmore Davis died September 23, 1932, leaving a will in which she made specific bequests to her sister, Lyda Palmer Ridge, her brother, Louis G. Palmer, and other named legatees. The will designated her husband as executor, but he declined to act, and on December 5, 1932, said Louis G. Palmer was appointed administrator with will annexed by the probate court for Wayne county. The…