Legal Opinion
In Re Estate of Walker
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided May 8, 1931No. 28,369PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHolt, J.
The appeal is from the order denying a new trial.
The practice here pursued is not to be commended. The large amount involved may furnish some excuse. Appellant, H. V. Mercer, filed a claim in the probate court of Hennepin county against the estate of Thomas Barlow Walker, deceased, for legal services in a suit for an accounting brought by Walker, wherein the representatives of the estate of Healy C. Akeley, Walker’s partner, who died in 1912, and the sole heir, Mrs. Quirk (Patterson), Avere defendants. The claim as allowed noAv exceeds $80,000. No objections thereto haAdng been filed and no…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Savela v. EricksonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1917
- Rodgers v. United States & Dominion Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1914
- First Trust & Savings Bank v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1923
- In Re Estate of KoffelSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1928
- In Re Estate of HolumSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1930
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Thayer v. American Financial Advisers, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1982
- Hinz v. Northland Milk & Ice Cream Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1952
- Coller v. Guardian Angels Roman Catholic Church of ChaskaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1980
- In Re Estate of SimonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1932
- In Re Estate of SlingerlandSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1936
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