Baggette v. Collins

SEXTON, Judge.

Elizabeth Smith Collins, the administratrix of the Succession of Jo Anne Fuller, appeals a judgment of the trial court awarding the provisional administrator a total of $123,836.93 as fees and expenses.1 We reverse in part, amend in part and affirm in part.

Jo Anne Fuller died intestate on January 20, 1984, leaving three aunts as heirs, Mrs. Collins, who is a maternal aunt and Mrs. Clara Fuller Tobin and Mrs. Annie May Fuller Anderson, who are paternal aunts. She left an estate with assets totalling approximately $5.7 million.

Mr. Wade Baggette, an attorney who had been employed…