Northern Trust Co. v. Elliott

This appeal is taken from the circuit court’s award of executor’s and attorneys’ fees for services rendered in the probate of Corra E. Brown’s estate. Mrs. Brown’s will named the Northern Trust Company (hereinafter Northern Trust) as sole executor, and the Northern Trust retained the law firm of Keck, Cushman, Mahin and Cate (hereinafter attorneys) to act as its legal counsel in the settlement of the Brown estate. In its final account Northern Trust stated that the executor’s commission and the attorneys’ fees amounted to *33,000 and *33,800 respectively. Addison L. Elliott and Richard A. Elliott…