Gwin v. Fountain
Mississippi Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
This is an appeal from the chancery court of Leflore county from a decree setting aside and vacating a former decree of that court allowing appellant an attorney's fee of twenty-five thousand dollars against the estate of W.T. Fountain, deceased, in the matter of the administration of that estate, and awarding a recovery against appellant in favor of appellees in the sum of forty-two thousand six hundred thirty-eight dollars and fifty-one cents. From that decree appellant prosecutes this appeal.
Appellant assigns and argues several grounds for reversal of the decree. The conclusion we have…
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