In re the Estate of Liell

Foley, S.(1) The principal dispute in this contested accounting proceeding arises over the payment to Samuel W. Lowenberg, the attorney for the administratrices, of fifty per cent of the gross estate under a contingent retainer signed by them. The sole asset of the estate consisted of a bank deposit amounting to $6,500. The attorney has been paid $3,250, under his contingent agreement. There are three next of kin, a sister and two nieces of the decedent, each entitled to one-third of the estate. It appears that the attorney was originally retained by two of the next of kin ■— the sister and a…