Spyropoulos v. John Linard Estate

Quillian, Presiding Judge.

Following the death of John Linard in Atlanta, Georgia in April, 1969, the beneficiaries of his estate, all of whom resided in Greece, appointed Dionysios Spyropoulos, a New York lawyer, as their attorney to represent them. The beneficiaries later discharged him and employed new counsel. Spyropoulos filed with the Probate Court of Fulton County a petition for reimbursement of his legal fees and expenses incurred in the representation of the beneficiaries of the estate. After an objection was filed to the petition, the judge of the probate court issued an order…