In re the Accounting of Shapiro

Moss, S.

Of the numerous problems presented on this accounting, the court is now required to determine the reasonableness of the requested attorneys ’ fees, allowance of traveling expenses to one of the executors and an allowance of accounting fees. The court is likewise called upon to construe paragraph “ Eighteenth ” of the will to determine whether the recipients of nontestamentary benefits, who were surviving joint tenants, are entitled to be exonerated from the payment of estate taxes thereunder; and whether or not the executors are entitled to commissions on the proceeds of sale of…