In re the Accounting of Coudert

Foret, S.

The issues in this contested accounting proceeding are disposed of as follows: (1) The compensation of the attorneys for the executors is allowed in the amount requested and payment thereof is confirmed.. The objections which seek a surcharge for interest from the dates of the payments made on account of attorneys’ fees are overruled. (Matter of Israel, 176 Misc. 120, 123.) No basis for a surcharge exists.(2) The .claim of the law firm, of which the individual executor is a member, for professional services rendered in the lifetime of the testator is allowed in the amount requested.…