Matter of Estate of Nation

CORNELIUS, Chief Justice.

Evan Strawn appeals by writ of error from a judgment denying him the right to intervene in the administration of a decedent’s estate.

The county court granted Nadine Nation Dowdy letters' of administration in the estate of James Goree Nation, her deceased husband. Fred Gardner first represented Dowdy as her attorney. He later withdrew and Evan Strawn was substituted as Dowdy’s attorney. On January . 10, 1983, Strawn filed a motion to withdraw as attorney and to intervene to establish and recover attorney’s fees. His petition alleged that he spent 315 hours and incurred…