Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1922

In re the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of Jackson

In re the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of Jackson
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided March 15, 1922
201 A.D. 878
In re the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of Jackson

Opinion of the Court

Decree *879affirmed, with costs. All concur, Davis, J., upon the ground that the reasonable value to the estate of the services of the attorneys for which claim is made was 8800, substantially as found by the surrogate, except Hubbs and Sears, JJ., who dissent upon the ground that the surrogate had no authority to make a decree dividing the amount of the attorneys’ fees which he allowed, charging a part against the executor personally and the balance against the estate.

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