Ravitz v. Chirelstein

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Heher, J.

Plaintiff, a certified public accountant, seeks a recovery for accounting services rendered by him to the defendant executrix’s decedent, Charles Ohirelstein, in aid of the performance of his duties as executor of- the last will and testament of his deceased mother, Ida Ohirelstein. The employment is admitted. Conceiving that the service thus contracted for was such as he, himself, was obliged to perform, and the expense thereby incurred would not therefore be includable among the items of discharge in his account (Vide Hagedorn v. Arens, 106…