Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Tenney
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided June 14, 1973Published
1Opinion of the CourtPierson R. Hildreth, J.
In this accounting the executor, who is an attorney whose firm has rendered legal services, requests compensation for such services, and approval of commissions.
By her will, decedent made two monetary legacies of $5,000 each, .then gave her entire residuary estate to a single named charity, appointed her attorney as executor, and gave him a discretionary power of sale. The gross estate shown in the account is $47,942.64 which includes an amount of $24,500 as the value of a parcel of real property. This real property was not sold by the executor under the power of sale, but was retained by the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- In re the Estate of PottsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1925
- In Re the Accounting of the Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1930
- In re the Estate of SaphirNew York Surrogate's Court · 1973
- In re the Estate of McCarthyNew York Surrogate's Court · 1932
- In re the Appraisal under the Transfer Tax Law of the Estate of SeissNew York Surrogate's Court · 1922
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