Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Thron
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided June 2, 1988PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Lee L. Holzman, J.
In this accounting proceeding, objections were filed by one of the decedent’s two sons. The sons share equally in the residuary estate.
The objections to executors’ commissions and legal fees raise significant questions which no reported case has fully an*1046swered. The issues presented arise from a situation where an attorney-draftsman and his partner petitioned in the probate proceeding to be appointed coexecutors, no objections to their serving in that capacity were filed in the probate proceeding and they continued to serve as coexecutors without objection…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- In re Accounting of Lincoln Rochester Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1974
- In re the Estate of PottsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1925
- In re the Estate of WeinstockNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- In re the Estate of SchaichAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1977
- In re the Estate of SmithAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
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3Cited by12 opinions
- In re the Estate of McCranorAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
- In re Estate of KlenkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
- In re the Estate of CarlisleNew York Surrogate's Court · 1989
- In re AtterburyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
- In re the Estate of CoryaNew York Surrogate's Court · 1990
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