Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Pritchard
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided February 24, 1988PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*946OPINION OF THE COURT
Ernest L. Signorelli, S.
In this uncontested executors’ accounting proceeding, the petitioners request that the court approve, nunc pro tunc, the following payments which were made without leave of court: (1) the sum of $496,000 as and for commissions received during the period October 28, 1983 to May 6, 1985, and (2) the sum of $30,000 in satisfaction of a claim by the attorney-fiduciary against the estate for professional services rendered to the decedent during his lifetime.
Jurisdiction has been obtained over the necessary parties to the proceeding and no one has…
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- 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 PottsNew York Surrogate's Court · 1924
- In re the Estate of KentanaNew York Surrogate's Court · 1939
- In re the Estate of McDonaldNew York Surrogate's Court · 1982
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