Renick's Ex'r v. Renick
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 65 — EXCEPTIONS TO MASTER’S REPORT APPEAL PROM CLARK COURT OP COMMON PLEAS. 1. The General Statutes, providing compensation to executors and administrators at five per centum on all the amounts received and distributed, does not preclude an additional allowance for extra services rendered the estate.
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Case 65 — EXCEPTIONS TO MASTER’S REPORT APPEAL PROM CLARK COURT OP COMMON PLEAS. 1. The General Statutes, providing compensation to executors and administrators at five per centum on all the amounts received and distributed, does not preclude an additional allowance for extra services rendered the estate. (Littell’s Laws of Ky., vol. 1, p. 623; McCracken’s Heirs v. McCracken, &c., 6 Mon., 348; Morehead & Brown’s Statute Laws, vol. 1, p. 510; Wood v. Lee, 5 Mon., 66; Cabell v. Cabell, 1 Met., 334; Revised Statutes, vol. 1, p. 507; General Statutes, chap. 39, art. 2, sec. 52; Fleming v. Wilson,…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE BENNETT
delivered the opinion of the court.
Abram Renick, the appellant’s testator, was, at- the time of Ms death, worth at least three hundred thousand dollars, consisting of a large and valuable tract of land and $64,570.37 of personalty. He willed this estate to the children of one of his nephews and appointed the appellant executor of said will, who caused the will to be probated and then qualified as executor and executed its provisions. The heirs at law of Abram Renick contested *337the validity of the will in the Common Pleas Court, and the contest over it was able, protracted and…
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- In Re Estate of LewisCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1932