KITCHEN v. THROCKMORTON

Record No. 790755.

286 S.E.2d 673 (1982)

Alma S. KITCHEN, et al. v. Shirley S. THROCKMORTON, Administrator, etc., et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 22, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Pearsall, Richmond (McCaul, Grigsby & Pearsall, Richmond, on briefs), for appellants.

A. James Kauffman, Richmond (Leonard A. Paris, Randolph P. Tabb, Jr., White, Cabell, Paris & Lowenstein, Taylor, Hazen, Kauffman, Lipscomb & Smith, Richmond, on brief), for appellees.

Before CARRICO, C. J., COCHRAN, POFF, COMPTON, THOMPSON and STEPHENSON, JJ., and HARRISON, Retired Justice.


ALBERTIS S. HARRISON, Jr., Retired Justice.

In this suit Alma S. Kitchen and other beneficiaries of the estate of Alexander H. Swan, deceased, alleged that the administratrix of the estate flagrantly disregarded her fiduciary duty and fraudulently distributed the estate in a manner contrary to law and in violation of an agreement to which she was a party. Plaintiffs sought, inter alia, a recovery from her, or the surety on her bond, of certain attorneys' fees...

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