Legal Opinion
In re Estate of MacPhee
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided December 4, 1968No. 68-75PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PIERCE, Acting Chief Judge.
This is an appeal from an order of the County Judge in a probate proceeding denying fees and costs to t.he executor and also fees to his attorney.
The sole determination which this Court is called upon to make is whether the County Judge had discretion in the matter of allowance of such fees and costs where the will of decedent is denied probate; and if so, whether such discretion was abused in denying such allowances.
The legality of decedent’s will was here in this Court once before. In re: Estate of MacPhee, Fla.App.1966, 187 So.2d 679. The antecedent history of…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Howell v. HowellDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1968
- Watts, Sr. v. Newport in Re: Graham EstateSupreme Court of Florida · 1942
- Lewis v. GaillardSupreme Court of Florida · 1915
- Watts v. NewportSupreme Court of Florida · 1941
- Smith v. CallisonSupreme Court of Florida · 1943
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Matter of Estate of HonerudNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1982
- In Re Estate of WhiteheadSupreme Court of Florida · 1973
- In Re JonesDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1977
- In Re Estate of HandDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1985
- In Re Estate of RadonDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1976
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