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IN RE ESTATE OF HACKETT

No. 14112.

51 Ill. App.3d 474 (1977)

366 N.E.2d 1103

In re ESTATE OF ROBERT L. HACKETT, Deceased. — (CHARLES W. DOTSON, Ex'r of the Estate of Robert L. Hackett, Petitioner-Appellant, v. MONTELLE J. GREVE et al., Defendants-Appellees.)

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed August 15, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Stanton Dotson, of Mattoon, for appellant.

Frank W. Lincoln, of Nichols, Jones, McCown, Lincoln & Albin, and Lemna & Moore, both of Tuscola (James E. Lemna and Emerson L. Moore, of counsel), for appellees.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE GREEN delivered the opinion of the court:

This case presents the question of whether a personal representative who is an attorney at law is entitled to compensation for both legal and nonlegal services performed.

This question has been often discussed but seldom litigated in recent years. Early supreme court cases hold that the representative is not entitled to compensation for legal services. A few more...

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