In re the Estate of Martin

James S. Brown,

Justice of the Supreme Court and Acting Surrogate. The petitioner institutes this proceeding to have the compensation of the respondents, her former attorneys, for legal services rendered to her in this estate fixed and determined. Petitioner is the widow of testator, one of the four executors of the estate and the legatee and devisee of one half of the net estate. The respondents have filed their answer to the petition setting up, in general terms, the services rendered by them to petitioner, as coexecutrix and as beneficiary. They admit payments on account of their services…