Legal Opinion
In re the Accounting of Public Administrator of King County
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided March 2, 1956PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Moss, S.
The petitioners have instituted this proceeding under section 231-a of the Surrogate’s Court Act, as an incident to the accounting proceeding of the Public Administrator, and request the court to fix their fees at $2,500 for legal services rendered to the fiduciaries of the estate of Patrick Scanlon, deceased, in the estate of the decedent herein.
There seems to be no dispute about the facts. Catherine Scanlon, the decedent herein, died intestate in this county on August 17, 1940. Letters of administration were issued to the Public Administrator on November 13, 1941. The decedent left…
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