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ESTATE OF BRIDEAU

458 A.2d 745 (1983)

ESTATE OF Henry P. BRIDEAU.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided April 20, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Grover G. Alexander (orally), Gray, for plaintiff.

Petruccelli, Cohen, Erler & Cox, Gerald F. Petruccelli (orally), Portland, for defendant.

Before NICHOLS, CARTER, VIOLETTE and WATHEN, JJ., and DUFRESNE, A.R.J.

WATHEN, Justice.

The administratrix of the estate of Henry Brideau appeals from an order of the Superior Court (Cumberland County) sitting as the Supreme Court of Probate. The order allowed payment of counsel fees from the estate for services rendered by counsel for the executor in the unsuccessful defense of a will against allegations of undue influence on the part of the executor. We sustain the authority of the court to allow such fees and therefore we deny the...

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