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IN RE ESTATE OF WHITESIDE

258 A.2d 279 (1969)

In the Matter of the ESTATE of George Morris WHITESIDE, II, Deceased. WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, a corporation of the State of Delaware, and George Morris Whiteside, III, Co-Executors of the Estate of George Morris, Whiteside, II, Exceptants-Below, Appellants, v. The REGISTER OF WILLS IN AND FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

August 12, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry M. Canby and Franklin S. Eyster, II, of Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, for exceptants-below, appellants.

Clarence W. Taylor, County Atty., Wilmington, for appellee.

WOLCOTT, C. J., and CAREY and HERRMANN, JJ., sitting.

CAREY, Justice.

In this appeal from the Orphans' Court, the executors of the estate of George Morris Whiteside, II, seek reversal of an order which affirmed a ruling by the Register of Wills refusing to allow the amount of an attorney's fee as an expense of administration. See 248 A.2d 621. The fee was paid to a lawyer who specializes in tax law, and was in addition to the amount paid those...

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