Legal Opinion
John F. Forbes & Co. v. Sheehan
California Court of Appeal
Decided February 21, 1980No. Civ. No. 47237PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
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TAKEI, J.*
A coexecutor of an estate had his firm hired to do the accounting services required by the estate. The trial court held that such self-dealing is not compensable. We reverse because Probate Code section 902 authorizes payment.
B. L. Haviside died in 1973; his will appointed three executors for his estate. One of them, Dawson, had been an employee of Haviside between 1947 and 1964, at which time Dawson took a position with John F. Forbes & Company, the appellant. Forbes & Company had prepared Haviside’s personal income tax returns from 1962 to 1972 and the tax returns of…
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