In Re Estate of Burch

CAVANAUGH, Judge:

The sole issue in this case is the reasonableness of counsel fee in the amount of $2,000.00 which was awarded by the Orphans’ Court to counsel for the Executor of the Estate of Joseph A. Burch. The fee awarded has been challenged as excessive by the present executor, the appellant herein. The decedent died on February 2, 1981. His two sons, Joseph A. Burch, Jr. and Gregory H. Burch were the sole executors and beneficiaries under the will. The decedent also had two other children who were not designated beneficiaries. The executors retained John H. Wood, Esquire as counsel for…