IN RE ESTATE OF KNOTT

No. 5-92-0169.

615 N.E.2d 357 (1993)

245 Ill. App.3d 736

185 Ill.Dec. 798

In re ESTATE OF Harold J. KNOTT, Deceased (Carolyn Knott, Petitioner, v. Jo Ann Miles, Independent Administrator, Respondent-Appellee (Mildred Smoot, d/b/a Smoot Oil Company, Appellant)).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

June 2, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sara Nierste, Ronald E. Osman & Associates, Ltd., Dongola, for appellant.

Charles Cavaness, Law Office of Charles C. Hines, Carbondale, for appellee.


Justice WILLIAM A. LEWIS delivered the opinion of the court:

This case involves the administration of the estate of Harold J. Knott, deceased. The appeal was brought by Mildred Smoot d/b/a Smoot Oil Company (Smoot), contesting the trial court's order allowing the payment of attorney fees and real estate taxes as administrative expenses, thereby reducing the amount remaining in Knott's estate left to satisfy Smoot's claim against the estate. We affirm for the reasons...

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