Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of McCullough
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided November 17, 1958PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Edgar F. Hazleton, S.
The petitioning executrix, claiming that her attorneys have received excessive fees for their services, seeks to have the reasonable value of such services determined, and presumably to have the overpayment, if any, refunded pursuant to the provisions of section 231-a of the Surrogate’s Court Act. The petitioner, who was employed as a domestic by the decedent, was the recipient of his entire estate valued at less than $34,000 and consisting of real and personal property.
The probate proceedings were uncontested and presented no unusual complications. In addition to the…
2Cited by4 opinions
- In re Accounting of Lincoln Rochester Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1974
- In re the Accounting of Lincoln Rochester Trust Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1973
- In re the Accounting of GuidonNew York Surrogate's Court · 1961
- In re the Estate of McCulloughAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1960