Smith v. Cheney

The plaintiff, as the present administrator of the

Succession of Hampton J. Cheney, deceased, brought suit in the court below against the defendant, as administratrix of David Cheney, deceased, the former administrator of the estate of H. J. Cheney, to obtain an account of his administration. When this account was presented, two of the items charged to the estate were objected to hy the plaintiff, to-wit:

1. The sum of $2,769 84, charged for the late administrator’s commission on $110,793 64, at two and a half per cent.

2. The sum of $500 for counsel fees for the rendition of the account called…