Corley v. Corley
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Braxton County. Bill by A. W. Corley, executor, against Sarah C. Corley and others. Judgment for plaintiff. Proceedings by Bland & Bland against Louisa W. Kelly to secure attorney’s fees. Judgment for Kelly, and Bland & Bland appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
POEEENBARGER, JUDGE:
A chancery suit-in the circuit court of Braxton County, for the settlement of the estate of W. L. J. Corley, instituted by A. W. Corley, executor, against Sarah C. Corley, the widow, and others, in 1885, was still pending in 1898, and Louisa W. Kelly, (nee Corley,) not having then received from the executor all that was due her under the will of her father, employed B. S. and C. Ii. Bland, partners in the practice of the law, doing business as Bland and Bland, to prosecute her claim to final settlement in said suit, which they did and procured a decree to be entered in her…
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