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EXECUTORS OF ESTATE OF TARTT v. HARPOLD

No. 1232.

531 S.W.2d 696 (1975)

EXECUTORS OF the ESTATE OF Hope Pierce TARTT, Deceased, Appellant, v. Lew W. HARPOLD, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th Dist.).

Rehearing Denied January 14, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben H. Rice, III, Vinson, Elkins, Searls, Connally & Smith, Houston, Gaines Baldwin, Abney & Baldwin, Marshall, for appellant.

Lew W. Harpold, Howard C. Rainey, III, George M. Clifton, Hofheinz & Harpold, Isaac C. Satterwhite, Houston, for appellee.

COULSON, Justice.

This is an appeal from a decree of the Probate Court of Harris County ordering the executors of the Estate of Hope Pierce Tartt, Deceased, to pay to Lew W. Harpold, attorney ad litem for the unknown heirs, his expenses and fees for his professional services. The issue is whether the probate court had jurisdiction to order the executors to pay the expenses and fees of the attorney and litem (pending the final disposition on appeal of a consolidated...

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