In re the Estate of Robinson
New York Surrogate's Court
Motion by testamentary trustee for disallowance of lien ■claimed by his former attorneys upon books and papers, or to fix the amount of any such lien.
1Opinion of the Court
Ketcham, S.
In each of these cases a testamentary trustee who has retained new counsel in place of others who have heretofore rendered to him services relative to the trust estate has "been served with citation, in behalf of his surety, requiring him to show cause why he should not give new sureties and render and settle his account.
Alleging that books and papers in the hands of his former attorneys belong to him as trustee and are necessary to the *459preparation and settlement of the account which he is about to make, the trustee prays that the lien of his former attorneys upon such books and…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- In re the Final Judicial Settlement of the Account of Proceedings of SmithAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906
- In re the Estate of KrakauerNew York Surrogate's Court · 1901