In Re: Estate of John J. Burnette

03/21/2018 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT KNOXVILLE September 13, 2017 Session IN RE ESTATE OF JOHN J. BURNETTE Appeal from the Chancery Court for Hamilton County No. 99-P-649 Jeffrey M. Atherton, Chancellor No. E2016-02452-COA-R3-CV This appeal involves a successor estate administrator’s attempt to collect his attorney’s fees from a prior administrator. John G. McDougal, the prior administrator, gave his co- administrator, John D. Burnette (Burnette), a check representing the proceeds from the sale of the decedent’s real estate. Instead of depositing the check in a Tennessee bank as…