Barrick v. James

MILLIKEN, Justice.

Appellants, Mrs. Edna Barrick and her attorney, Mr. Terry L. Hatchett, seek to charge the estate of J. G. Spradling for costs and attorney’s fees incurred in unsuccessfully resisting a claim against the és-tate in the Warren Circuit Court and in the Court of Appeals. The chancellor sustained1 a general'demurrer to their petition, and the propriety of that ruling is the sole question on this appeal.

J. G. Spradling died intéstate, survived by a son, H. P: Spradling, and a daughter, Mrs. Edna Barrick. The son, H. P. Sprad-ling, was appointed administrator and shortly thereafter…