HENINGER & HENINGER v. DAVENPORT BANK & TRUST

No. 67600.

341 N.W.2d 43 (1983)

HENINGER & HENINGER, P.C., Appellee, v. DAVENPORT BANK & TRUST COMPANY and Richard L. Braunstein as Executors of the Estate of David D. Palmer, Deceased, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

November 23, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Richard Bittner and Robert D. Lambert of Betty, Neuman, McMahon, Hellstrom & Bittner, Davenport, for appellants.

John A. McClintock and David L. Brown of Hansen, McClintock & Riley, Des Moines, for appellee.

Considered by REYNOLDSON, C.J., and UHLENHOPP, HARRIS, McCORMICK, and McGIVERIN, JJ.


UHLENHOPP, Justice.

This appeal involves the propriety of a partial allowance of a claim against the executors of a decedent's estate for legal fees, based on services rendered to the decedent during his lifetime.

Claimant Heninger & Heninger, P.C. (Heningers), is a law firm in corporate form in Davenport, Iowa. (We use the name "Heninger" to refer to the elder Heninger and the name "Heningers" to refer to the law firm.) David D. Palmer, a man of wealth...

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