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BARNES, BROOM, DALLAS & McLEOD, PLLC v. ESTATE OF MARILYN I

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided October 9, 2008No. 2007-CA-00276-SCTPublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

991 So.2d 1209 (2008)

BARNES, BROOM, DALLAS AND McLEOD, PLLC

v.

ESTATE OF MARILYN I. CAPPAERT, Deceased.

No. 2007-CA-00276-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 9, 2008.

James Gary McGee, Jr., Flowood, attorney for appellant.

David M. Sessums, Vicksburg, attorneys for appellee.

Before DIAZ, P.J., CARLSON and GRAVES, JJ.

DIAZ, Presiding Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. This case concerns a dispute over attorney's fees incurred in the administration of an estate. Finding that the chancellor did not err in reducing the requested attorney's fees, we affirm.

Facts

¶ 2. After the death of Marilyn I. Cappaert,…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Cummings v. BendermanMississippi Supreme Court · 1996
  2. Biglane v. Under the Hill Corp.Mississippi Supreme Court · 2007
  3. Ford v. Lamar Life Ins. Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1987
  4. Garner v. HickmanMississippi Supreme Court · 1999
  5. Harper v. HarperMississippi Supreme Court · 1986

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