Legal Opinion
Lagios v. Bezaitis
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 29, 1981No. Civ. 48006PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
RACANELLI, P. J.
We consider the validity of probate orders surcharging the executor of an estate and his attorneys for losses alleged to have occurred as a result of inordinate delay in processing the collection of estate receivables. We summarize the relevant sequence of events underlying the present litigation.
In March 1972 appellant George Bezaitis was appointed co-executor of the estate of his deceased cousin, Thanos D. Lagios, together with attorney John Hodges.
In September 1972 Hodges (who had resigned shortly after appointment in order to act as attorney for Bezaitis in his…
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