Katz's Estate

Bok, J.,

— We might spend fruitless time discussing whether a contract existed in this case. That is less a question than the right of a decedent to make a contract binding his executors to employ a lawyer of his own choosing to represent them.

Mr. Hassler was employed to draw a will and did so with considerable labor. The auditing judge evaluated this work and allowed him $400; this was a matter of discretion and we see no abuse of it. The estate’s contention that Mr. Hassler’s acceptance of $10 was an accord and satisfaction is wayward, for the evidence shows clearly that he took it on…