In re the Estate of Kellner

In a proceeding for a compulsory accounting, the petitioner appeals from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court, Westchester County (Emanuelli, S.), dated March 15, 1993, which, after a nonjury trial, directed the petitioner to refund to the respondent, on behalf of the estate, the principal sum of $3,892.94.

Ordered that the decree is affirmed, with costs payable to the estate by the appellant personally.

The former executor’s payments to the appellant for accounting services are not conclusive proof of the validity of the appellant’s claims for such services (see, SCPA 1807; Matter of Hayes, 25…