Taylor v. Crook
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Talladega. Heard before the Hon. J. R. Dowdell. The bill in this case wasm bill of review, filed by the appellants, some of whom were devisees and others heirs at. law of deceased devisees, under the last will and testament of Edward Gantt, deceased, to review, reverse and annul a decree of the chancery court rendered March 2, 1895, on the settlement of the accounts of H. P. Heflin as administrator of John T. Heflin, deceased, of the…
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Talladega. Heard before the Hon. J. R. Dowdell. The bill in this case wasm bill of review, filed by the appellants, some of whom were devisees and others heirs at. law of deceased devisees, under the last will and testament of Edward Gantt, deceased, to review, reverse and annul a decree of the chancery court rendered March 2, 1895, on the settlement of the accounts of H. P. Heflin as administrator of John T. Heflin, deceased, of the administration of said John T. Heflin, deceased, as administrator do bonis non of the estate of said Edward Gantt. In said…
1Opinion of the CourtTyson, J.
Counsel have practically argued but a single question. This question involves the propriety of *369the chancellor in alloiving H. P. Heflin a credit on the settlement of the administration of J. T. Heflin of $13,-608.24, as a fee to J. T. Heflin as attorney in probating the will of the deceased, Gantt. This bill of review ivas filed for the- purpose of vacating that decree. This proceeding cannot involve an inquiry into the value of the services rendered by J. T. Heflin, for that would require an examination of the evidence upon which the chancellor bases his decree, which is not permissible in…
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