IN RE ESTATE OF SPARKMAN

No. 91-CA-0095.

639 So.2d 1258 (1994)

In re The ESTATE OF Jakie SPARKMAN, Deceased. Maggie Anderson MAGEE, Substituted Trustee v. Mike SMITH and C.R. McRae.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied August 18, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim W. Rose, Carol L. Henderson, Gulfport, for appellant.

Margaret P. Ellis, Kitchens & Ellis, Pascagoula, Mike Smith, Magnolia, for appellee.

Before HAWKINS, C.J., and SULLIVAN and SMITH, JJ.


SMITH, Justice, for the Court:

This case comes as an appeal from an order of the Chancery Court of Harrison County awarding attorneys fees and interest over the objection of the trustee for the Estate of Jakie Sparkman.

Attorney Mike Smith was retained by the family of Jakie Sparkman to represent Sparkman's interest and claim for damages arising out of the November 8, 1982, fire in the Biloxi City Jail. As a result of the fire, Sparkman was confined to the...

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