IN RE ESTATE OF JOHNSON

No. 89-1281.

566 So.2d 1345 (1990)

In re ESTATE OF Edward L. JOHNSON, Jr., Deceased.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

September 12, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald G. Proctor, Deerfield Beach, for appellant/cross-appellee.

C. Lavon Ward, Fort Lauderdale, (withdrawn as counsel after filing briefs) and Charles L. Curtis of Allsworth, Doumar, Cazel, Curtis and Cross, Fort Lauderdale, for appellees/cross-appellants.


WARNER, Judge.

This is an appeal by an attorney for the estate from an order awarding attorney's fees. The attorney claims that the court erred in setting aside the contingency contract between the parties. We agree.

The estate's decedent died in 1975 with many tax problems. In 1984 the appellant was hired as attorney and personal representative of the estate. At the time he had an understanding with the surviving spouse and one other beneficiary that...

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