IN RE ESTATE OF PLATT

No. 74793.

586 So.2d 328 (1991)

In re ESTATE OF Lester PLATT, Deceased.

Supreme Court of Florida.

October 3, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel S. Smith and James R. George of Ruden, Barnett, McClosky, Smith, Schuster & Russell, P.A., Miami, for petitioners.

Harry G. Carratt of Morgan, Carratt and O'Connor, P.A., Ft. Lauderdale, for respondents.

Rohan Kelley of Rohan Kelley, P.A., Ft. Lauderdale, Florida; and William S. Belcher of Belcher & Fleece, P.A., St. Petersburg, amicus curiae for The Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of The Florida Bar.

J. Thomas Cardwell of Akerman, Senterfitt & Eidson, Orlando, amicus curiae for Florida Bankers Ass'n.


OVERTON, Justice.

Petitioners, Patricia Platt Faulkner and Barbara Platt Swanson, children and residuary beneficiaries of the estate of Lester Platt, deceased, seek review of the Fourth District Court of Appeal's decision in In re Estate of Platt, 546 So.2d 1114 (Fla. 4th DCA 1989), in which the district court approved attorney's and administrator's fees computed solely on a percentage of the amount of Platt's $7,000,000...

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