In re the Estate of Mervis

Joseph A. Cox, S.

In this proceeding to settle her account, the executrix, among other prayers for relief, has requested that her attorneys’ fees be fixed and approved in the total sum of $3,750 of which $750 is to be charged to the testamentary estate and $3,000 is to be charged proportionately against the shares of the persons receiving the nontestamentary assets. The facts in this case are somewhat unusual. The testatrix died possessed of a gross testamentary estate of approximately $16,000. However, by means of Totten Trust accounts established during her lifetime and bonds and other…