Corcoran v. Thomas

The plaintiff was appointed administrator of an estate after the decedent’s sons, William E. and James D. Thomas, were unable to agree on a proper disposition of assets. The principal assets of the estate were a house, apparently subject to a small mortgage, and its furnishings. The plaintiff arranged an amicable division of the furnishings between the brothers and sold the house for $30,000 to a buyer found by himself. He rendered legal services in connection with the administration of the estate, the sale of the house, and the defense of an action brought by William against the estate for…