In Re Estate of Settle

George W. Jackson, the petitioner in an action to set aside the will of the late Louisa J. Settle, brought this appeal from an award of attorney’s fees to the respondent, Charles Locker, who represented the estate in the will contest. Jackson contends on appeal that the trial court erred in assessing attorney’s fees against the estate in that the legal services performed benefitted the executor personally and were not in the interest of the estate, and that the court abused its discretion in determining that $12,000 was a reasonable attorney’s fee.

Louisa J. Settle died on August 18, 1977,…