GODETTE v. ESTATE OF COX

No. 90-722.

592 A.2d 1028 (1991)

McClure GODETTE, Appellant, v. ESTATE OF Mildred COX, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 11, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian Geno, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Marsha E. Swiss, Washington, D.C., for appellee.

Before FERREN, SCHWELB and FARRELL, Associate Judges.


FERREN, Associate Judge:

Appellant, the former personal representative of the estate of Mildred Cox, appeals from a judgment entered against him for $56,279.64 in disallowed expenditures of estate funds, including $24,440 in administrative fees taken without prior court authorization. Appellant maintains that the disallowance is (1) contrary to the evidence submitted in the case and (2) contrary to the intent of the testator, whose will expressly immunized appellant...

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