Christian v. Estate of Tipps

OPINION

DROWOTA, Justice.

In this controversy involving the fees paid to an attorney representing a decedent’s estate, the attorney, Ralph Christian, appeals from the Court of Appeals’ affirmance of the probate court’s judgment. This judgment, in turn, confirmed the report filed by the probate master, which recommended that Christian’s legal fees for services rendered to the estate of Henry Thurston Tipps be reduced from $43,000 to $25,000. This case presents the following issue for our review: whether the master’s failure to file a transcript with its report, as provided by Tenn.R.Civ.P.…