Saint Ignatius Roman Catholic Congregation, Inc. v. Harvey

Unhappily, once again, we are called upon to review the propriety of a counsel fee allowed to an attorney, who in this instance was also the personal representative of a decedent’s estate. A somewhat similar question was recently considered in Wolfe v. Turner, 267 Md. 646, 299 A. 2d 106 (1973); Riddleberger v. Goeller, 267 Md. 64, 296 A. 2d 393 (1972); Riddleberger v. Goeller, 263 Md. 44, 282 A. 2d 101 (1971), and Lusby v. Nethken, 262 Md. 584, 278 A. 2d 552 (1971), and cases there cited.

*636The long and short of the problem is that Maryland Code (1957, 1969 Repl. Vol.) Art. 93, § 7-602 (c)…