Hood ex rel. North Carolina Bank & Trust Co. v. Cheshire

That the amount of allowances by the Superior Court for attorneys’ fees is reviewable by this Court is well settled, In re Stone, 176 N. C., 336; likewise, the amount of allowances for trustees is so reviewable, Weisel v. Cobb, 118 N. C., 11, and, by a parity of reasoning, the amount of allowances for guardians ad litem is so reviewable. However, the allowance of commissions and counsel fees to a receiver by the Superior Court is prima facie correct, and the Supreme Court will alter the same only when they are clearly inadequate or excessive. Graham v. Carr, 133 N. C., 449. The rule in this…