Wolfe v. Turner

Three times in the recent past, we have had occasion to consider the fees allowed by orphans’ courts to counsel for executors, Riddleberger v. Goeller, 267 Md. 64, 296 A. 2d 393 (1972) ; Riddleberger v. Goeller, 263 Md. 44, 282 A. 2d 101 (1971) ; Lusby v. Nethken, 262 Md. 584, 278 A. 2d 552 (1971). The controlling statute in each of these cases was Maryland Code (1957, 1964 Repl. Vol.) Art. 93, § 10. What distinguishes this case from those is that here, for the first time, we are considering the problem of the allowance of a fee to counsel for a personal representative in the light of § 7-602…