Court Opinion

ID: 9654140
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 18:07:28.356404+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:34:14.932437
License: Public Domain

ARCHER, Chief Justice
(concurring).
I concur in the reversal and remand of this case based on the action of the trial court in enjoining the probate of the will. See: The authorities as set out in Associate Justice Gray’s opinion.
I observe further that irrespective of the outcome of the will without predetermining in anywise, that the parties are probably estopped from attacking the instruments partitioning the estate, since all parties had consulted with Mr. Weatherred and were fully cognizant with the extent and values of the respective properties.
I am concerned as to the' propriety of an attorney who has consulted with all parties in the settlement of an estate, subsequently representing one as against another of such parties, and believe that it would have been more in keeping with the high character of the attorney and his professional relationship with all of the parties to have refrained from participating in the trial of the cause.