ARK.] PARKER V. MAYO. , 513 PARKER V. MAYO. Opinion delivered October 22, 1904. PROBATE COURT —JURISDICTION.—The probate court has no j urisdiction of a claim against an estate for services rendered by an attorney employed by an, executor to prosecute an action on behalf of the estate. Pike v. Thomas, 62 Ark. 223, followed. Appeal from Monroe Circuit Court. GEORGE M. CHAPLINE, Judge. Affirmed. S C-1 7
514 [72 Parker & Parker, attorneys, sued R. D. Mayo, executor of W. M. Mayo, deceased, in the probate court to recover the sum of $2oo for professional services rendered by them on behalf of the estate under employment by such executor. From a judgment of allowance the executor appealed to the circuit court, ' where a motion to dismiss for want of jurisdiction was sustained, and plaintiffs appealed. Thomas & Lee,, for appellants. Grant Green, for appellee. The probate court had no jurisdiction. Corist. Ark. art. 7. § § ii,34, 4o; 15 Ark. 384 ; 61 Ark. 410 ; 62 Ark. 223 ; 65 Ark. 443. WOOD, J. The question here is, can an attorney maintain a suit in the probate court against the estate of a deceased person for legal services rendered the estate by contract with the executor thereof ? He cannot. Tucker v. Grace, 61 Ark. 4io ; Pike v. Thomas, 62 Ark. 223 ; Pike v. Thomas, 65 Ark. 443. Affirmed.
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