Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Middagh
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 2, 1999PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Crew III, J.
Appeal from an order of the Surrogate’s Court of Ulster County (Lalor, S.), entered November 12, 1998, which, inter alia, set the reasonable value of legal services rendered by petitioner.
In October 1997, petitioner was retained by respondent, the executor and sole beneficiary of the estate of Claude Middagh (hereinafter decedent), respondent’s father, to settle decedent’s uncontested estate. Upon completion of one half of the legal services required to settle decedent’s estate, petitioner presented respondent with a bill for $10,000, representing approximately one half of the…
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