In re McCanliss
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtUntermyer, J.
The question presented for decision is whether legal services rendered by the petitioners were of such a character that they could properly be paid out of the estate of the decedent, Horace E. Wadsworth, under section 231-a of the Surrogate’s Court Act.
Horace E. Wadsworth died on August 10, 1933, at Reno, Nev. His will and three codicils were probated in New York county and appointed the Guaranty Trust Company executor and trustee. His father, Frederick E. Wadsworth, had died on March 27, 1927, a resident of Westchester county, where his will was admitted to probate. The estate of Horace…
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