Stowell v. McAllister

This is an appeal by heirs at law from allowance of extra compensation to the administrator and fees to his attorneys in the matter of the estate of Dana Stowell, deceased.

The estate was not large but involved considerable work on the part of the administrator and the probate court authorized him to employ counsel. The probate judge, in determining the matter, stated:

“This estate has been threshed out in this court, the circuit court twice, the superior court and the Supreme Court. The cost to the heirs has been terrific. * * * My conclusion is that the administrator should not be called upon…