Moushegian v. Sheppard

This is a petition filed in the Probate Court by an attorney at law under G. L. c. 215, § 39, for services alleged to have been rendered in connection with the administration of the estate of a deceased person. From a decree dismissing the petition the petitioner appealed.

The statute was first enacted in 1915 (St. 1915, c. 151, § 6). The part material to this case is in these words: “Probate courts may ascertain and determine the amount *50due any person . . . for services rendered any person in connection with the administration of the estate of a deceased person . . . and payment of said…