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specializing in estate administration) and the Wilmington Trust Co.
as administrators pro tem. Before Ms. Hurley was removed as
executrix, she paid herself an executrix’s commission of $250,000
and a legacy of $50,000. In addition, she paid attorney’s fees
totaling $247,500 to Eckell, Sparks.
After being appointed by the Orphans’ Court, Mr. Holleran
conferred with Mr. Glover and the Glovers’ attorneys at the offices
of Lamb, Windle. Mr. Holleran reviewed Lamb, Windle files relating
to decedent’s affairs. The Lamb, Windle files revealed that most
of decedent’s records had been destroyed shortly after her death.
Mr. Glover expended time and money investigating decedent’s
estate. He subpoenaed and obtained records from the financial
institutions with which decedent dealt. The records were
voluminous. There were pages of photocopies of checks and
statements, diagrams, and charts. It took approximately 1-1/2
years from the date of decedent’s death to put together the
evidence which was the foundation of the Glovers’ petition to have
Ms. Hurley removed. Mr. Holleran believed that the estate
benefited significantly from the information Mr. Glover gathered
through the discovery process in the actions brought by the Glovers
to contest the will and to remove Ms. Hurley.
On July 30, 1993, the administrators pro tem. filed a civil
action against Ms. Hurley in the Court of Common Pleas, Chester
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