Legal Opinion
Matter of Ferrill
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided March 22, 1983No. 14447PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RIORDAN, Justice.
Lyle Teutsch (Teutsch), special administrator for the will of Hazel Cash Ferrill (Ferrill), petitioned the trial court for an allowance of attorney’s fees in excess of the statutory amount. The trial court denied the request for excess attorney’s fees as did the Court of Appeals. Certiorari was granted. We reverse.
The issue on appeal is whether a special administrator who hires an attorney to defend a contested will, is entitled to have attorney’s fees and costs paid out of the estate.
Ferrill died on December 18,1979, leaving an estate of over $800,000.00. On January…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Barber's Super Markets, Inc. v. StrykerNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1972
- Matter of FerrillNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1981
- Smith v. HaireTennessee Supreme Court · 1915
- Mitchell v. ParkerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1933
- In Re Estate of Wah-Kon-Tah-He-Ump-AhSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1927
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Matter of Estate of FosterNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1985
- Matter of Estate of GreigNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1988
- In re Estate of ZonasOhio Supreme Court · 1989
- Matter of Estate of BoyerNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1994
- Catron v. RueckhausNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1988
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