Bidwell v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Mobile Chancery Court. Heard before Hon. Thomas H. Smith. The original bill was filed by Howard D. Johnson and others against Jennie H. Bidwell, executor, etc., for the removal of an estate from the probate to the chancery court, which order was granted, and upon a reference the master determined that the solicitor for complainant in the original bill was entitled to compensation from the estate for services rendered, and decreed accordingly.
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Appeal from Mobile Chancery Court. Heard before Hon. Thomas H. Smith. The original bill was filed by Howard D. Johnson and others against Jennie H. Bidwell, executor, etc., for the removal of an estate from the probate to the chancery court, which order was granted, and upon a reference the master determined that the solicitor for complainant in the original bill was entitled to compensation from the estate for services rendered, and decreed accordingly. It is from this decree, and the overruling of exceptions to the master’s report, that the executrix appeals and of which she complains.
1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.
On the first appeal the law having application to the facts was fully discussed. See Bidwell v. Johnson et *548al., 191 Ala. 195, 67 South. 985. After several motions in the probate court tending to the security of the trust estate, the bill for removal of the cause into the chancery court was filed.
From a careful consideration of the whole record, and of the briefs and arguments of counsel, we are of the opinion that the chancellor correctly found that services had been rendered by the solicitor of complainants looking to the conservation and to the common benefit of the trust estate, and that…
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