MATTER OF ESTATE OF MABIE

No. 85-1007.

401 N.W.2d 29 (1987)

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Josephine M. MABIE, Deceased. Barbara CARNDUFF, Bradley Carnduff and Robert Todd Carnduff, Appellants, v. Arvena DAHM and Edward G. Pree, Ancillary Executors, and Gaass, Klyn & Boehlje, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

February 18, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry L. Wilson of Mick, Wilson & Mertz, Knoxville, for appellants.

Andrew W. Klyn and Vincent S. Klyn of Gaass, Klyn & Boehlje, Pella, for appellees.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and McGIVERIN, LARSON, SCHULTZ and WOLLE, JJ.


McGIVERIN, Justice.

Plaintiffs Barbara, Bradley and Robert Carnduff, beneficiaries of this decedent's estate, appeal from the trial court's order awarding defendant Gaass, Klyn and Boehlje, a law firm, attorney fees of $9,500 in a probate proceeding. Carnduffs assert that the trial court erred in awarding fees in excess of $5,736.32, the maximum fee for ordinary services, because defendant law firm failed to establish the necessity for extraordinary fees as required...

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