Bennett v. Lundell

This is an appeal from an order awarding the sum of $2,500 to Alberta Grace Burnett, the guardian of Allen Vincent Lundell, a minor, and the chief beneficiary of the estate of Wendell Phillip Lundell, as compensation for her attorneys for successfully contesting an allowance by way of extraordinary attorneys’ fees for the executors of the will of decedent.

Facts: In December of 1948, the probate court made an award to the attorneys for the executors of the will of decedent in the sum of $12,000 for extraordinary fees. The attorneys for the guardian of the minor Lundell, who is the chief…