In re Baxter
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Davis, J.
The principal issue before us on this appeal is whether the Surrogate properly awarded the law firm of Mackenzie Smith Lewis Michell and Hughes (Mackenzie Smith) the sum of $100,087, payable from the estate of Roberta Ward Seaman, for legal services rendered "in opposing the various appeals taken by Charlotte Lindner Gaynor individually”. Additionally, we are called upon to determine whether the Surrogate properly awarded William H. Baxter, as former administrator of the estate, a receiving commission in the sum of $7,439.91, based upon the value of two unsold…
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