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BIRD v. SULLIVAN

No. 17265.

316 F.2d 675 (1963)

James F. BIRD et al., Executors of the Estate of Laura L. Jeffords, formerly Laura L. Paul, deceased, Appellants, v. Charles B. SULLIVAN, Jr., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 21, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Herbert P. Leeman, Washington, D. C., for appellants.

Mr. Rex K. Nelson, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Eugene X. Murphy, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, and EDGERTON and WASHINGTON, Circuit Judges.

EDGERTON, Circuit Judge.

The executors of the estate of Laura L. Jeffords appeal from an order of the United States District Court holding a Probate Court which granted appellee's motion to withdraw as counsel for the executors, ordered judgment for $10,000 in his favor and against the estate for services rendered, and "authorized and directed" the executors to pay this judgment.

We think the court erred. D.C. Code § 20-605 (Fifth), which authorizes executors...

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