MATTER OF ESTATE OF BROWN

No. 54544.

653 P.2d 928 (1982)

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Lola B. BROWN, Deceased. Shirley Kay WESTON, Appellant, v. Jack N. SHEARS, Executor, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Rehearing Denied November 29, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wright & Keltch by Peter M. Keltch, Cherokee, for appellant.

Shears & Shears by Jack N. Shears, Ponca City, for appellee.


HODGES, Justice.

The dispositive issue on appeal is, in the absence of a specific statute which permits an attorney to serve as the attorney and the executor of an estate, may dual compensation be received for the performance of each role?

The appellant, Shirley Kay Weston, is the beneficiary and devisee of one-half of the estate of her mother under the Last Will and Testament of Lola B. Brown, deceased. The appellee...

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