In Re Estate of Gray

This is an appeal from the Probate Court of Franklin County in which the attorney and administrator of the decedent’s estate claims that the Probate Court abused its discretion in refusing to allow a fee for work performed in the administration of the estate.

The appellant contends that Sections 2113.35 and 2113.36 of the Eevised Code make it mandatory that the Probate Judge allow a reasonable and fair fee to an administrator and his attorney in the administration of an estate. The total assets of the Gray estate were $43,361.92, of which $36,000 was the value of real property. The appellant…