Allen v. McDonald
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Oswald, J., entered March 3, 1921, upon findings in favor of the defendants, denying additional compensation for attorney’s services in resisting exceptions to the final account of executors, after a hearing before the court.
1Opinion of the CourtMain, J.
Frank D. Allen, for many years one of the executors of the last will and testament of Scott McDonald, deceased, filed a petition in this case asking that he be allowed additional compensation in order that he might pay an attorney whom he had employed to resist exceptions to his final account. The trial resulted in a judgment sustaining certain of the exceptions, and from this judgment the petitioner appealed. In 1900, Scott McDonald died testate, and two years later Allen was appointed to fill a vacancy in the number of executors, and acted in this capacity until his resignation was accepted…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- In re the Estate of DoaneWashington Supreme Court · 1911
- German-American State Bank v. SullivanWashington Supreme Court · 1908
- Allen v. McDonaldWashington Supreme Court · 1920