Baum's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 13, Oct. T., 1922, by Eugenie K. R. Baum, from decree of O. C. Allegheny Co., March T., 1916, No. 283, dismissing exceptions to adjudication, in estate of Richard R. Baum, a minor. Exceptions to adjudication. Before Trimble, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Exceptions dismissed. Eugenie K. R. Baum appealed. Error assigned, inter alia, was decree, quoting it.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Kephart,
Three appeals have been taken to this court in this estate. The first and second relate to the person entitled to receive the estate, the present one to the successful litigant’s counsel fees. The person contesting the fee is the losing party in that litigation — the mother of the minor child. As a result of' counsels’ efforts the minor child receives an estate of $80,000, taken from his mother who claimed the whole estate, — hence her interest in keeping down counsel fees. See Baum’s Est., 260 Pa. 33 and 269 Pa. 63.
It is admitted the fee allowed is in every…
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