Bigelow v. Estate of Edward Lathrop

The plaintiff, as sole surviving executrix on the will of her late deceased husband, Edward Lathrop Ballard, filed her final account in the Probate Court for the District of Ridgefield. Among the items for which allowance was sought therein was one in the sum of $131,408.65, representing fees and disbursements of counsel paid by her for legal services in connection with the administration of the estate, inclusive of certain questions of taxation and litigation incident thereto. The court of probate corrected the account by disallowing the named sum and allowing in lieu thereof the amount of…