MONTGOMERY v. HOSKINS


432 S.W.2d 654 (1968)

John L. MONTGOMERY et ux., Complainants-Appellees, v. Leon C. HOSKINS et ux., Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

October 11, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O'Neil, Jarvis, Parker & Williamson, Knoxville, for complainants-appellees.

Ambrose, Wilson, Thomas & Lockridge, Knoxville, for defendants-appellants.


OPINION

HUMPHREYS, Justice.

We brought this case here to consider whether counsel for a defendant in a partition suit, where the property is sold for partition, is entitled under T.C.A. § 23-2125 to have his fee paid out of the common fund.

In a suit to partition property belonging equally to complainants and defendants, without reference to any conducive facts, the chancellor awarded fees to complainant's counsel in the amount of $1,500.00...

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