Estate of Boothe v. Reeds

The respondent is the executrix of the last will of Harrison Boothe. Upon a contest of the will, the appellant was appointed administrator pendente lite, and, when the contest terminated, he made his final settlement in the probate court, and turned over the assets in his hands to the respondent. In his final settlement thus made, the administrator pendente lite claimed five per cent, commissions on twenty-one hundred and four dollars, of which amount he had paid out, in administration, nine hundred and sixty-one dollars, and had paid the balance to his successor ; he also *457claimed two hundred…