SMELSER v. TRENT

1951876.

698 So.2d 1094 (1997)

Leslie C. SMELSER, et al. v. Jere C. TRENT.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

June 27, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Byrd R. Latham, Athens, for Leslie C. Smelser, Allie P. Nuszbaum, and Zelma Deverna.

Jerry R. Barksdale, Athens, for Lazetta Moore White.

Jerry L. Batts and Anne G. Sargent of Sherrill, Batts, Mathews & Blizzard, Athens, for Jere C. Trent.


SEE, Justice.

This appeal challenges an award of fees for an attorney's efforts in recovering a tract of real property for an estate. Various beneficiaries of the estate argue that the personal representative of the estate had no authority to employ the attorney to recover the real property for the estate and that the fee she agreed upon (one-third of the sales price of the property) was excessive. The trial court awarded the attorney the agreed- upon fee. We affirm...

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