McIntosh v. Cozean

CLEMENS, Senior Judge.

The probate division of the circuit court allowed plaintiff’s $681.50 claim for legal services rendered the estate of Fannie Ad-ers, an incompetent. The estate appeals.

Plaintiff-attorney had filed suit in the circuit court on behalf of the ward’s administrator and her heirs. Its purpose was to set aside a deed executed by Fannie Aders to her sister, Clarissa Green. After plaintiff had filed the suit Ms. Green voluntarily conveyed the land to defendant administrator who sold it for $11,000.

In the beginning plaintiff had been consulted by Lloyd Ball, the incompetent’s…