Petzold v. Fisher

REINHARD, Judge.

Appellant, the attorney for the executor, challenges the amount of attorney’s fees allowed by the judge of the probate division of the Circuit Court. The fees allowed were lower than that requested by the appellant and consented to by all legatees and the executor.

The testator, Russell Petzold, was survived by three heirs, his sisters: Gladys Buffard, Myrtle Steffel and Dorothy Lind, each of whom was bequeathed thirty percent of his estate. He was also survived by a non-heir, his niece, who was named to receive the remaining ten percent of the estate. In his will, the testator…