In re the Accounting of McMillan

John D. Bennett, S.

In this accounting proceeding the residuary legatee has filed objections to that portion of the account which reflects payments to the attorney for the estate in the amount of $7,500. In partial justification of this fee, the attorney states that his advice to the executor in connection with certain investments of common stock resulted in an increase in the assets of the estate in the amount of $34,000 and that these services 1 ‘ were as valuable as if they had been rendered in connection with the recovery of $34,184.41 on behalf of the estate from some other source and…