Court Opinion

ID: 9642450
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 17:58:24.141623+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:10:47.950608
License: Public Domain

OPINION ON PETITION FOR REHEARING
A petition to rehear has been filed on behalf of the appellee, acquiescing in the decision of the Court, but requesting that the Court remand the case to the chancery *568court for the purpose of allowing a fee to counsel for the appellee.
The cases cited in the petition to rehear deal with the allowance of a fee to counsel for the interpleader and to counsel for a trustee in foreclosure proceedings. We know of no authority, and none has been cited, permitting a charge against the in-terpleaded funds in favor of counsel for an unsuccessful claimant (other than the fee of a guardian ad litem). Since the inter-pleaded funds have been held not to be assets of the estate of which appellee is the administrator, we do not deem it appropriate to charge them with fees of counsel for the estate.
Since the efforts of counsel were rendered on behalf of the estate, however, they may be taken into account in fixing his charges made to the estate itself, subject to the approval of the court in which the estate is being administered. They are not, however, properly chargeable against the interpleaded funds.
The petition to rehear is denied.