Trustees of Princeton University v. White

The question on this appeal is whether the probate judge erred in granting a $10,-000.00 attorney’s fee in the $327,526.92 estate of Nathaniel W- Dean, deceased.

Appellant-beneficiaries contend that the amount awarded was not shown to be reasonable in that inter alia the attorney kept no time charts to demonstrate the time devoted to the estate. At the time of hearing on the petition for fees W. M. Kennedy, attorney for the estate, offered the testimony of three attorneys who testified that a reasonable fee would be from $10,000 to $13,500.00. The appellant-respondents offered no testimony at…