In re Rooney

The Surrogate.

On the testimony and the report of the referee in this matter, I felt constrained to modify the report, and disallow a portion of the pe*16titioner’s bill for funeral expenses, as excessive, and out of proportion to the station of the decedent, and the insolvent condition of the estate.

On application of the petitioner, and the suggestion that injustice has been done him, and that additional testimony could be furnished in respect to the reasonableness of his bill, I sent the matter back for further proof.

The testimony now returned, shows substantially that the decedent was a liquor…