In re the Accounting of Becan
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtEager, J.
In this proceeding for the judicial settlement of the final account of the successor committee of an incompetent and hospitalized veteran, the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs appeals from an order insofar as it fixes the fees and allowances of the “ special guardian ” at $250 and of the attorney for the committee at $750.
We have had occasion to repeatedly caution that “ the estates of incompetent veterans who are wards of the court should be carefully and conservatively supervised and administered”. (Matter of Townsend, 24 A D 2d 93, 95; Matter of Simpkins [Hines], 267 App. Div. 440, 441;…
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- In re the Accounting of HamadaNew York Supreme Court · 1966
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