Bryan v. Granade

Smith, Justice.

Granade, the appellee, sought attorney fees in the DeKalb Supe*220rior Court from the Bryans, the appellants, alternatively on a contingency fee contract or in quantum meruit based upon his successful challenge to the will of the appellants’ grandmother. The trial court granted Granade’s motion for summary judgment as to liability, and the Court of Appeals affirmed. Bryan v. Granade, 180 Ga. App. 296 (348 SE2d 885) (1986). We granted certiorari in this case to determine whether an attorney’s misconduct as administrator of an estate can result in the forfeiture of his attorney fees…