Legal Opinion · Dissent

King v. Keith

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided June 26, 1952No. 2 Div. 292Published

1DissentGoodwyn, Justice

I concur in the majority opinion, except that part which approves the allowance for expenses.

The revised statement of expenses is in the amount of $10,374.78. The trial court allowed $5,187.39, which is exactly one-half of that claimed. The decree does not disclose how this amount was arrived at, other than the expression in the court’s opinion “that the claim of petitioner for expenses-incurred by him in connection with the rendition of said services in the amount of $10,374.78 is excessive, ahd that only one-half of said amount, namely: $5,187.39' should be approved and allowed.”

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2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Hines v. BaldwinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1924

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