In re Wood
New York Surrogate's Court
Appeal by the petitioners, William H. Wood and another, from an order of the Surrogate’s Court of the County of Kings, entered in said Surrogate’s Court on the 5th day of April, 1915.
1Opinion of the CourtMills, J.
— This is an appeal by petitioners from an order of the Surrogate’s Court of Kings county denying their petition for a compulsory accounting by the respondent Laura A. Oregan as administratrix with the will annexed of Jane A. McKenna, deceased. The petition alleges that the petitioners, a firm of lawyers, rendered legal services of the reasonable value of $4,000 to the respondent Oregan in procuring for her the probate, in said Surrogate’s Court, of the will of one Jane A, McKenna, by which will the said respondent was sole legatee; and that by the proceedings conducted by the petitioners for…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- In re the Final Judicial Settlement of the Account of Proceedings of SmithAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906
- In re RossAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1907
- In re the Estate of SaylesNew York Surrogate's Court · 1908