Tappan v. Fortman
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Alameda County. E. C. Robinson, Judge. Reversed. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtSloane, J.
This is an appeal by R. B. Tappan, executor of the last will of Margaret Graham, deceased, from an order of court denying an allowance, in the final account of the executor, of fees to an attorney employed by said executor in the administration of the estate of said decedent. ■
The executor Tappan is himself a practicing lawyer, and it was the ruling of the probate court that his employment of an attorney for the usual and ordinary legal proceedings of the administration was not a necessary expense of the administration. An allowance of attorney’s fees was made for certain extraordinary…
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