McCORD v. STEPHENS

SC 1065.

319 So.2d 273 (1975)

Jessie Louise McCORD v. Dennis E. STEPHENS et al.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

September 25, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jesse W. Shotts, Birmingham, for appellant.

Rogers, Howard, Redden & Mills, Birmingham, for appellees.


MADDOX, Justice.

The only error claimed is the trial judge's refusal to allow a wife to recover her attorney's fees and expenses out of her late husband's estate.

Walter Woodrow McCord, decedent, was shot and killed by his wife, the appellant, Jessie Louise McCord, on October 14, 1973, in Jefferson County, Alabama. Dennis E.

Stephens, the Administrator, filed for letters of administration in the Probate Court...

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