Albert v. Miller

The plaintiff’s assignor was appointed referee in a proceeding in the Surrogate’s Court wherein the defendant Gordon D. Miller sought settlement of his account as executor of Alexander D. Miller, deceased, and the defendant Mary Ella Miller filed objections to his account. At the first hearing, the following stipulation was entered on the record: “It is stipulated by and between the respective parties that the referee’s fees as fixed by statute be waived, and that he charge at the rate of $10 per hour or for each fraction over, while engaged in the business of the reference, and $10 for each…