Legal Opinion
Williams v. Ray
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 5, 1989No. 87-784PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERRY, Associate Judge:
This case involves a dispute among three brothers over the administration of their mother's modest estate. Appellants accuse appellee, who is an attorney as well as their brother, of dissipating estate assets by spending too much time on unnecessary tasks connected with the administration of the estate. In particular, appellants claim that appellee not only transferred the decedent’s bank accounts from one bank to another for no good reason, but charged the estate too much for doing so. Consequently, when appellee filed a statement of time and services with the probate…
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- Stansel v. American Security BankDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1988
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3Cited by17 opinions
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