Legal Opinion
In re the Application for a Final Settlement of the Accounts of Shaffer
New York Supreme Court
Decided November 17, 1937PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPersonius, J.
Elmer M. Shaffer, the committee in the above-entitled proceedings, is an attorney. His accounts were prepared by Louis Z. Green of Green & Anderson, attorneys. The Veterans’
*59Administration objects to any allowance to them for preparing the account on the ground that the committee being an attorney is required to perform all the legal services in connection with the estate without compensation other than his usual commissions.
We considered this question in Matter of Spillane (161 Misc. 651). We there discussed the cases relied on by the Veterans’ Administration, namely, Matter of Erlandsen (265…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- In Re the Accounting of RemerNew York Court of Appeals · 1934
- In re DoranAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1935
- In re the Estate of UrbanskiAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1931
- In re the Final Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of SpillaneNew York Supreme Court · 1936
3Cited by2 opinions
- In re Le BoviciAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
- In re HarnischAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1964