Henry E. I. duPONT, et al.
v.
V. R. SHACKELFORD, Jr., et al.
Supreme Court of Virginia.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
June 10, 1988.
June 10, 1988.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Morris L. Weisberg, Robert W. Wooldridge, Marvin Comisky, Philadelphia, Pa., Taras M. Wochok, Paoli, Pa., Blank, Rome, Comisky & McCauley, Philadelphia, Pa., on briefs, for appellants.
Joseph C. Kearfott, Joseph C. Carter, Jr., Waller H. Horsley, Richard H. Burton, Richmond, Atwell W. Somerville, Orange, Blain T. Phillips, Daniel F. Lindley, Wilmington, Del., M. Scott Hart, Alexander Wellford, C. Daniel Stevens, John W. Patterson, Richmond, Leonard S. Togman, Wilmington, Del., S. Page Higginbotham, Orange, Hunton & Williams, Richmond, Somerville, Moore & Somerville, Ltd., Orange, Potter, Anderson & Corroon, Wilmington, Del., May, Valentine, Davenport & Moore, Christian, Barton, Epps, Brent & Chappell, Richmond, Ezell, Menendez & Patterson, Miami, Fla., Higginbotham & Higginbotham, Orange, on briefs, for appellees V.R. Shackelford, Jr., David C. Rittenhouse and William duPont III, Executors of the Estate of Marion duPont Scott, Delaware Trust Co., Trustee, Jean duPont Shehan, Marion duPont McConnell, Susan McConnell Rinehart, James H.T. McConnell, Jr., Evelyn duPont Donaldson, and Linda D. Donaldson.
No briefs or arguments for appellees Nat. Trust for Historic Preservation in the U.S., Mary Sue Terry, Atty. Gen., Stephanie Marion Rinehart, Caroline Tyler Rinehart, Judith D. Jordan, Charlotte A.D. Maher, Elise D. Bulger, Jennifer A. McClellan, Erica B. McClellan, Matthew B. McClellan, Hilary L. Maher, Meredith Snow Maher, Jordan N.H. Bulger, Andrew B. Bulger, Adam C. Bulger, William duPont III, William duPont IV, Beverly Austin duPont and William Henry duPont.
Present: All the Justices.
Supreme Court of Virginia.
THOMAS, Justice.
Henry E. I. duPont, his brother John E. duPont, and their respective attorneys, Blank, Rome, Comisky & McCauley of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Taras M. Wochok and Associates, Ltd., of Paoli, Pennsylvania (collectively the Claimants), appeal a decision of the trial court which denied their claims for the payment of attorneys' fees and expenses from the estate of Marion duPont Scott. In our opinion, the trial court correctly decided the issue...
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