Hood v. Marvin & Kay Lichtman Foundation
District Court of Appeal of Florida
1Opinion of the Court
SHEVIN, Judge.
June Hood and Edward Hammatt, Jr., as trustees, and Sol Stiss, their attorney, appeal the trial court’s order awarding them $1 in fees. We reverse.
In Marvin and Kay Lichtman Foundation v. Estate of Marvin Lichtman, 773 *942So.2d 1232, 1235 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000), this court stated that “while it is clear work was done by the trustees, there was no separate evidentiary basis for the trial court’s award of $50,000 fees to the two trustees. No testimony or documentary evidence supported the figure arrived at by the court. Likewise, without evidentia-ry basis was the award of $55,000 to…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Dhondy v. SchimpelerDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1988
- Marvin & Kay Lichtman Foundation v. In re Estate of LichtmanDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2000