Case ID: ad_246/html/0610-03.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

In the Matter of the Application of Henry Selden Weller,and Others, Practicing under the Firm Name and Style of Weller, Rogers & Bergen, Appellants, to Compel Margrethe Callister, as Executrix, etc., of Herbert J. Callister, Deceased, Respondent, to Pay Attorneys’ Fees and Disbursements under Section 231-a of the Surrogate’s Court Act.
   Order of the Surrogate’s Court of Kings county modified by fixing the compensation of the petitioners at the sum of $3,000 and the disbursements at the sum of $21.53. As so modified the order is unanimously affirmed, with costs to appellants, payable out of the estate. In our opinion the bill rendered was reasonable and we find no evidence of padding. Present — Lazansky, P. J., Young, Carswell, Scudder and Tompkins, JJ.