MATTER OF ESTATE OF IRWIN

No. 14131.

664 P.2d 783 (1983)

104 Idaho 876

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Joy Evangeline IRWIN, Deceased. John K. GATCHEL and Verna Riley, formerly known as Verna Russell, Appellants, v. William BUTLER, Pearl Famar, Robert Butler, Nellie Leonard, Elizabeth Farmer, Fred Butler, Jean Tusing and Ollie Reed, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Idaho.

June 7, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen C. Batt, Gatchel & Batt, Payette, for appellants.

Wayne P. Fuller, Fuller & Harris, Caldwell, for respondents.


WALTERS, Chief Justice.

When Verna Russell, administratrix of the estate of Joy Evangeline Irwin, deceased, petitioned for approval of a final accounting and for distribution of the estate, the heirs objected. They contested an allowance of $6000 in fees to Russell and $8500 in fees to her attorney, John Gatchel, for services rendered in the administration of the estate. The heirs contended that these fees were excessive and included earlier fee awards for "extraordinary...

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