533 So. 2d 928 - Tillman v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
April 1998
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Peeples v. State · Tillman v. Smith · Sessoms v. Johnson
Most-quoted passages
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“[h]ad the legislature intended any attorney fee taxable against the estate to have a Class 1 priority, it would have been a simple matter to say so.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[c]osts, expenses of administration, and compensation of personal representatives and their attorneys' fees.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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