Miller v. Stern

The petitioner, an attorney, performed certain services in connection with a controversy arising out of the probate of the will and two codicils of Doris S. Bachrach, who died on August 27, 1948. The will and codicils, as modified by a compromise agreement, were allowed on June 7, 1949. In this petition, which is brought in the Probate Court under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 215, § 39A, inserted by St. 1947, c. 536, the petitioner alleges that he performed services “for the benefit of or in connection with the estate” of the testatrix, and asks the court to fix and determine his compensation for such…