Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Abrahams
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided April 7, 1930PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Wingate, S.
The case at bar presents the perennially controversial question of whether a testamentary representative is entitled to receive double commissions, that is commissions both as executor and as trustee, or whether the terms of the will as construed in the light of the determining decisions on the topic, limit him to a single compensation in his executorial capacity.
The statement of the legal principles governing this branch of the law is extremely simple, but the application of these rules has been a never-ceasing source of controversy and litigation.
*539The leading cases on the topic…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Johnson v. . LawrenceNew York Court of Appeals · 1884
- In Re the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts McAlpineNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- In Re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of CrawfordNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- Matter of Accounting of MasonNew York Court of Appeals · 1885
- Laytin v. . DavidsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1884
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3Cited by26 opinions
- In re the Estate of KrugerNew York Surrogate's Court · 1931
- In re the Estate of SaphirNew York Surrogate's Court · 1973
- In re the Estate of GallowayNew York Surrogate's Court · 1931
- In re the Estate of SurplessNew York Surrogate's Court · 1932
- In re the Estate of JacksonNew York Surrogate's Court · 1930
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