Case Name: E. D. RIVERS, Jr., guardian of the person and property of Lucile Lashley Rivers, Deceased-Incompetent, Appellant, v. J. O. PHILLIPS, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1979-01-30
Citations: 367 So. 2d 251
Docket Number: No. 78-881
Parties: E. D. RIVERS, Jr., guardian of the person and property of Lucile Lashley Rivers, Deceased-Incompetent, Appellant, v. J. O. PHILLIPS, Appellee.
Judges: Before HAVERFIELD, C. J., and HUB-BART and KEHOE, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 367
Pages: 251–251

Head Matter:
E. D. RIVERS, Jr., guardian of the person and property of Lucile Lashley Rivers, Deceased-Incompetent, Appellant, v. J. O. PHILLIPS, Appellee.
No. 78-881.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Jan. 30, 1979.
Rehearing Denied Feb. 28, 1979.
E. D. Rivers, Jr., in pro. per.
Bond, Woitesek & Davis, Miami, for ap-pellee.
Before HAVERFIELD, C. J., and HUB-BART and KEHOE, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant, E. D. Rivers, Jr., seeks reversal of an order awarding appellee, J. 0. Phillips, a $20,000 attorney's fee as the reasonable value of his services rendered to Rivers in his capacity as guardian of the person and property of Lucile Lashley Rivers, deceased-incompetent.
On appeal Rivers contends that the evidence was insufficient to support the amount of the attorney's fee award. We cannot agree.
After a review of the expert testimony (which ranged from $40,000-$50,000 as a reasonable fee) and documentary evidence, we find that there was competent substantial evidence to support the award of a $20,000 attorney's fee. Accordingly, we must affirm that award. See 4 Fla.Jur.2d Attorneys at Law § 155 (1978).
Affirmed.