Kenan v. Graham
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal .from the Probate Court of Dallas. Tried before the Hon. P. CL Wood. This is an appeal by the legatees under the will of Marie Louise Kenan, deceased, from a decree rendered on final settlement of the administration of said estate by appellee as executor under the will.
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Appeal .from the Probate Court of Dallas. Tried before the Hon. P. CL Wood. This is an appeal by the legatees under the will of Marie Louise Kenan, deceased, from a decree rendered on final settlement of the administration of said estate by appellee as executor under the will. Upon the hearing several witnesses were allowed to testify that a fair and reasonable compensation to the executor for his. services would be ten per cent on the larger side of his account (f90,000), and one that a fair and reasonable compensation would be $10,000. To this evidence objection was made by the legatees,-…
1Opinion of the CourtHaralson, J.
On the 6th July, 1891, Mrs. M. L. Kenan duly executed her last will, in which she appointed Chauncey and James K. Graham her executors, relieving .them as such from giving bond. This will was duly probated on the 12th August, 1892. Both the persons named were appointed executors, and Chauncey *589died December 1, 1893, leaving James K. as sole executor, who practically administered the entire estate under the will.
The inventory of the personal property showed that it consisted of stocks in different companies and banks, money, notes, household goods and silverware, amounting, at their face value,…
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