ESTATE OF LAGIOS

Docket No. 48006.

118 Cal.App.3d 459 (1981)

173 Cal. Rptr. 506

Estate of THANOS D. LAGIOS, Deceased. EVANGELINE LAGIOS, as Administratrix With the Will Annexed, etc., Petitioner and Respondent, v. GEORGE A. BEZAITIS et al., Objectors and Appellants.

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

April 29, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Petris, Vasil & Bradley, Long & Levit, Ronald E. Mallen, Allan R. Moltzen, Gail J. Saliterman and Betty C. Bullock for Objectors and Appellants.

Raymond H. Levy, Christopher A. Brose and Jeffrey T. Wilber for Petitioner and Respondent.


OPINION

RACANELLI, P.J.

We consider the validity of probate orders surcharging the executor of an estate and his attorneys for losses alleged to have occurred as a result of inordinate delay in processing the collection of estate receivables. We summarize the relevant sequence of events underlying the present litigation.

In March 1972 appellant George Bezaitis was appointed co-executor of the estate of his deceased cousin...

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