Bowman v. Bowman
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Second Judicial District of the State of Nevada, Washoe County; M. A. Murphy, Judge. Judicial settlement of the final account of Jerome Bowman, administrator of the estate of Samuel W. Bowman, deceased. From a decree allowing the final account, William Bowman and others appeal. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion.
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Appeal from the District Court of the Second Judicial District of the State of Nevada, Washoe County; M. A. Murphy, Judge. Judicial settlement of the final account of Jerome Bowman, administrator of the estate of Samuel W. Bowman, deceased. From a decree allowing the final account, William Bowman and others appeal. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. I. Under the old probate act (see General Statutes, 1885, sec. 2888), attorneys’ fees were not allowed directly to the attorney, but a reasonable sum therefor, as paid out by the administrator, was allowed to the administrator as part…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Fitzgerald, J.:
This is an appeal in a probate proceeding, and two questions are presented for decision: First, the motion of counsel for respondents to dismiss the appeal; and, second, can a fee be allowed to an attorney for procuring letters of administration for a successful applicant when there is a contest between the said applicant and another for the position of administrator! On the motion to dismiss the appeal counsel for respondents say it is "upon the grounds that the administrator filed his final account, and petitioned for final distribution, and, after-hearing the…
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