In re the Estate of Peetz

F. Warren Travers, S.

In this proceeding for a judicial settlement, the court is asked to pass on the question of whether a County Treasurer who is appointed administrator of an estate shall be allowed to collect and keep the commissions as an administrator in addition to the salary he receives as County Treasurer.

Henry F. Peetz, decedent herein, died on October 14, 1971 a resident of Rensselaer County, survived by no known heirs. Letters of Administration were granted on November 11, 1971 to Edward W. Pattison, Rensselaer County Treasurer.

Mr. Pattison’s term of office as County Treasurer…