Anderson v. Page

Mr. Associate Justice Stukes

delivered the unanimous Opinion of the Court.

Appellants are the executors, trustees and beneficiaries of the will of a wealthy deceased resident of Spartanburg and the estate was administered in the probate court of that county.

The settlement of the estate is subject to the fees and costs provided by the terms of Sec. 4946 of the Code of 1942. Sub-sec. (4) provides, in addition to the previously scheduled fees, the following:

“When the personal property of an estate is in excess of $1,000.00, for the first $500.00 in excess thereof there shall be added to the amount…