Matteson v. Moss

Citations

• 112 Wash. 556
• 192 P. 939
• 1920 Wash. LEXIS 766

Syllabus

<p>Appeal (58, 180)—Decisions Review able—Finality—Settling Account—Time for Appeal. A decree settling the final account of an administrator is a final judgment, and notice of appeal given on September 30 from an order settling the account July 10, and from a supplemental decree of distribution August 26 is in time, under Laws of 1917, p. 706, § 221, allowing an appeal in probate in the manner provided by law for appeals in civil actions.</p> <p>Appeal (282)—-Record—Statement of Facts-—Necessity. Upon appeal from an order settling the final account of an administrator which was based on evidence introduced at the hearing, questions raised on the facts cannot be considered in the absence of a statement of facts.</p> <p>Executors and Administrators (160)—Settlement of Account— Counsel .Fees. Under Laws of 1917, p. 687, § 158, allowing to an executor or administrator necessary attorney’s fees, they are to be allowed in such sum as the court deems just and reasonable; and it must be presumed, in the absence of a statement of facts, that the allowance was based on the services rendered as shown by the record.</p>