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ESTATE OF GOPCEVIC

Docket No. 21590.

228 Cal.App.2d 280 (1964)

39 Cal. Rptr. 482

Estate of MARION DODD GOPCEVIC, Deceased. LILLICK, GEARY, WHEAT, ADAMS & CHARLES et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. AUGUSTUS L. CASTRO et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Three.

July 1, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lillick, Geary, Wheat, Adams & Charles and Robert R. Vayssie for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Cooley, Crowley, Gaither, Godward, Castro & Huddleson and Ronald L. Jacobson for Defendants and Respondents.

DRAPER, P.J.

Four of the five beneficiaries of the testamentary trust which received the residue of this estate employed appellant attorneys, in part to resist the application of the executors and their attorneys for extraordinary fees totalling $100,000. Appellants investigated the issue and negotiated with the executors' attorneys. The probate court allowed $57,435, rather than the $100,000 originally sought. There was no contested hearing, and appellants allege...

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