In re Davis' Estate
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Silver Bow County; Geo. M. Bourquin, Judge. Judicial Settlement of the estate of Andrew J. Davis, deceased. From an order allowing the administrator with the will annexed $3,000 as reasonable disbursement for attorneys’ fees, the administrator appeals,- and from an order overruling objections to the administrator’s account, as amended, the objectors appeal. Cause submitted on briefs of counsel.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Smith
The only question involved in this appeal is whether the district court of Silver Bow county abused its discretion in allowing the administrator, with the will annexed, of the estate of A. J. Davis, deceased, the sum of but $3,000 as a proper and reasonable disbursement for attorneys’ fees. There were filed with the administrator two claims, viz., one of $12,500 for legal services of Messrs. Forbis & Mattison from May 1, 1901, to November 1, 1904, at the rate of $5,000 per year, and another of Charles Mattison, Esq., of $9,000 for services from November, 1904, to November, 1907, at the rate…
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