Ellis' Estate
Ellis' Estate
Opinion of the Court
Every opportunity was given to this appellant to sustain his claims against the estate of his testatrix, and to show why he should not be surcharged as one of her executors. The learned court below thus properly refers to this: “All the questions involved in the settlement of this estate have been before the auditor for his consider
The appellant was duly and patiently heard in the court below, and nothing urged by his learned counsel has convinced us that any injustice has been done him by the decree from which he has appealed. It is, therefore, affirmed at his costs.
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- Decedent’s estates — Executors and administrators — Fee—Claim for personal services. 1. A claim of an executor for services rendered decedent in her lifetime in the management of her property was properly disallowed where there was no evidence as to the nature of the services or their value. 2. In such case there was no error in reducing the executor’s commission from five to three per cent, where it appeared that the estate was valued at $37,000, and that assets amounting, to $25,312 were transferred to legatees in specie without being converted. •