Legal Opinion
Locke v. Barranco
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided April 10, 1958No. 6 Div. 212PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMPSON, Justice.
A will of one G. S. Barranco was duly admitted to probate in the Probate Court of Jefferson County, Alabama. The estate was later transferred to the Equity Court in said county.
Honorable Hugh A. Locke, attorney at law, was employed by Evans Barranco, one of the heirs of deceased, to represent him in a contest of the document purporting to be the last will and testament of G. S. Barranco. The terms of the employment do not appear.
The appeal now before the court is by Judge Locke from a decree of the court sustaining the demurrer directed to a petition of Judge Locke filed in…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Gulf States Steel Co. v. JusticeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1920
- Wade v. KaySupreme Court of Alabama · 1923
- Lowery v. Illinois Central R. R.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1915
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