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IN RE GUARDIANSHIP OF SAVELL

No. 2001-CP-01208-COA.

856 So.2d 378 (2003)

In the Matter of the GUARDIANSHIP OF Daisy Pearl SAVELL: David C. Dunbar, Esq. and the Law Firm of Dunbarmonroe, PLLC, Appellants, v. Shirley RENFROE and Marguerite Jordan, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied May 20, 2003.

Certiorari Granted November 13, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David C. Dunbar, Wiley Johnson Barbour, Jackson, attorneys for appellant.

Hez L. Hollingsworth, Forest, attorney for appellee.

EN BANC.

KING, P.J., for the court.

¶ 1. The Scott County Chancery Court approved a petition to settle a doubtful claim belonging to the Estate of Daisey Pearl Savell, but approved attorney's fees of only 33 1/3%, for Dunbar-Monroe. Dunbar has appealed that decision, alleging that because it was employed under a durable power of attorney, the chancellor lacked authority to award attorney's fees in an amount less than that identified by the employment contract. The decision...

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