SCOTT v. HOLLINGSWORTH

No. 55496.

487 So.2d 811 (1986)

A.S. SCOTT, Jr., Executor of Estate of John Charles Senour, Deceased v. Mrs. Katherine Jenkins HOLLINGSWORTH.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 23, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A.S. Scott, Jr., Laurel, for appellant.

Lawrence M. Magdovitz, Clarksdale, for appellee.

Before WALKER, P.J., and PRATHER and ANDERSON, JJ.


PRATHER, Justice, for the Court:

The executor of an estate valued in excess of $229,000 perfects this appeal from the Chancery Court of Bolivar County claiming the awarded executor's fees of $1500 and the attorney's fees of $1500 were inadequate. The appellee, Mrs. Katherine Jenkins Hollingsworth, is one of two legatees of the bulk of the estate. The executor assigns the following two errors:

(1) The lower court erred in adjudicating a suitable lawyer's fee...

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