Hester v. Cox’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
December 2007
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 487 So. 2d 1352 - Irons v. Le Sueur · 607 So. 2d 161 - Hart v. Jackson · Shirley v. Mazzone · Bleidt v. Kantor
Most-quoted passages
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“"In Alabama, attorney fees are to be awarded only if provided for by statute, contract, or special equity. Hart v. Jackson , 607 So.2d 161 (Ala. 1992). Section 43-8-196 , Code 1975, allows for the award of attorney fees against a contestant if the contestant fails in the will contest. In construing the predecessor to § 43-8-196 , our supreme court held as follows: `[I]f there is some credible evidence offered by the contestant in support of the theory of the contest, the contestant is not to be charged with paying the attorneys' fees of the proponent.' Bleidt v. Kantor , 412 So.2d 769 (Ala. 1982)."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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