Legal Opinion
In Re Estate of Hackett
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided August 15, 1977No. 14112PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE GREEN
delivered the opinion of the court:
This case presents the question of whether a personal representative who is an attorney at law is entitled to compensation for both legal and nonlegal services performed.
This question has been often discussed but seldom litigated in recent years. Early supreme court cases hold that the representative is not entitled to compensation for legal services. A few more recent appellate court decisions allow compensation for both types of service. Text writers are not in agreement. (Compare Homer, Probate Practice and Estates §§402, 758…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Leader v. CullertonIllinois Supreme Court · 1976
- Hough v. HarveyIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
- In Re Estate of JaysasAppellate Court of Illinois · 1961
- Yost v. FitzgeraldAppellate Court of Illinois · 1958
- Willard v. BassettIllinois Supreme Court · 1861
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Slater v. JacobsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1977
- In Re Estate of WeberAppellate Court of Illinois · 1978
- Songer v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1982
- Matter of Estate of GreigNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1988
- Matter of Estate of BrownSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1982
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