Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Mergentime
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided July 22, 1992PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
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Albert J. Emanuelli, S.
In this final executors’ accounting, petitioners ask that the court determine the fees of the several attorneys or firms of attorneys who have rendered services to the estate.
Decedent died in May of 1986, leaving an estate of approximately $900,000. Her husband Bernard died the previous month. The wills of decedent and her husband named the same beneficiaries and appointed the same fiduciaries. As a result, the two estates have been administered together for the most part.
Each of the two coexecutors named in decedent’s will hired his own attorney.…
2Cases cited10 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 SchaichAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1977
- In re the Estate of VerplanckAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
- In re the Accounting of BrehmAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1971
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3Cited by1 opinion
- In re the Estate of MergentimeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994