Askew v. Hudgens

Citations

• 99 Ill. 468
• 1881 Ill. LEXIS 197

Syllabus

<p>1. Administrator — compensation of — commissions. There is no warrant of law for allowing an administrator, as compensation for his services, a sum exceeding six per centum on the amount of the personal estate. Where the court allows him six per centum on the personal estate, and $1.60 per day for forty days’ services, making $60 in excess of the six per centum, this excess of allowance will be erroneous.</p> <p>2. From the superior facilities of the county judge, and his familiarity with the affairs of the estate, with the labor and difficulty attending its settlement, and with the amount of any former allowances, he is better enabled to fix the compensation of administrators than an appellate court, and when he has fixed the same, it should be d plain case to justify another court in increasing the amount.</p>