Brower v. Rosenbaum & Little
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from chancery court of Lauderdale county. Hon. G-. C. Tann, Chancellor. Suit by Rosenbaum & Little and others against A. J. Brower and others, with cross-bill by defendants. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtSykes, J.
This appeal from a decree of the chancery court of Lauderdale county presents the sole question whether or not that court was correct in allowing a solicitor’s fee for the appellees, complainants in the lower court,- out of the proceeds of a sale of timber; the fee being taxed against the interests of all of the owners of the timber. This fee was allowed under section 3542, Code of 1906 (Hemingway’s Code, section 2854).
In their bill the complainants claimed title to an undivided four-elevenths interest in the timber growing upon certain described lands in Lauderdale county, and that certain…
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