Anderson v. Lee

The sole issue presented here is whether the trial court erred in awarding an attorney fee of $20,000 in an action for the sale of jointly owned real property and a division of the proceeds. The property sold for $200,000. Franklin Anderson appeals from the award to the attorney. We affirm.1

The attorney, Frank D. Lee, was hired by Franklin Anderson to file a complaint against J.C. Skinner and Bernice Martin to partition 140 acres in Clarke County, Alabama, on behalf of himself, Dollie Anderson, Walter P. Anderson, Evon Anderson, Molly Gibbs, and David Anderson. In the complaint, filed on…