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IN RE ESTATE OF WATSON

No. A-95-1238.

557 N.W.2d 38 (1996)

5 Neb. App. 184

In re ESTATE OF Clara M. WATSON, Deceased. Evelyn M. VOLKMER, Personal Representative of the Estate of Clara M. Watson, Deceased, Appellee, v. Martha L. BROWN, Special Administrator of the Estate of Clara M. Watson, Deceased, et al., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Nebraska.

December 10, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Bachman, Omaha, for appellants.

Frank C. Heinisch and Jerry D. Anderson, of Heinisch Law Office, Geneva, and David B. Downing, of Downing, Alexander & Wood, Superior, for appellee.

SIEVERS, MUES, and INBODY, JJ.

SIEVERS, Judge.

This appeal concerns whether attorney fees can be paid to a law firm notwithstanding that the firm withdrew from representation due to a conflict of interest. The county court approved the fees, but for the reasons set forth below, we modify the judgment.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

The material facts are undisputed. Clara M. Watson, a widow with no living children, owned farmland which she rented to the Les Stephenson family, among other...

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