Harrison's Estate

Citations

• 221 Pa. 508
• 70 A. 827
• 1908 Pa. LEXIS 523

Syllabus

<p>Decedents’ estates — Counsel fees to exceptants — Executors and administrators.</p> <p>It is only in very exceptional cases that an exceptant to the account of an executor, administrator or trustee in the orphans’ court will be allowed counsel fees out of the fund. The rule in such cases is that the exceptant must pay his own counsel fee.</p> <p>Where the fund is in the hands of the court and in no jeopardy, except from a possible mistake of the court in dealing with it, and an exceptant is merely protecting his own interest, he will not be allowed counsel fees, although through his efforts others may also be benefited.</p>