In Re Estate of Murphy
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County refusing to allow an attorney’s fee to the administrator of the estate of a deceased person. James C. Rives, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. A. J. Hill, County Counsel, Roy V. Reppy, Assistant County Counsel, and Edward T. Bishop, Deputy County Counsel, for Appellant.
1Opinion of the Court
VICTOR E. SHAW, J., pro tem.
Frank Bryson, administrator of the Estate of Louise Murphy, deceased, prosecutes this appeal from an order of court refusing to allow the item “Attorney’s fees, statutory, $1142.18,” set out in his final account as being by him incurred for attorney’s fees for legal services rendered in conducting the ordinary probate proceedings in said estate.
The matter came on to be heard upon objections interposed to the administrator’s final account and petition for distribution. The court made findings of fact upon which no attack is made. Appellant, however, insists that the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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