Case Name: Michael J. Batal, special administrator, vs. Mary E. Flynn & another, executrices
Court: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Decision Date: 1963-03-29
Citations: 345 Mass. 779
Docket Number: 
Parties: Michael J. Batal, special administrator, vs. Mary E. Flynn & another, executrices.
Judges: 
Reporter: Massachusetts Reports
Volume: 345
Pages: 779–779

Head Matter:
Michael J. Batal, special administrator, vs. Mary E. Flynn & another, executrices.
March 29, 1963.
Robert V. O’Sullwan for the respondents.
Michael J. Batal, Jr., for the petitioner.

Opinion:
Decree affirmed. We cannot rule that the special administrator's fee of $7,000 awarded by the Probate Court decree exceeded just and reasonable compensation. See McMahon v. Krapf, 323 Mass. 118, 123, and cases cited; Wilson v. Askinas, 325 Mass. 136, 138; Phelan v. McCabe, 343 Mass. 585, 588-589. The inventory showed a personal estate of $454,804.01 and real estate in New Hampshire valued at $6,000. The probate judge found that the special administrator expended some 360 hours of his time in conducting his administration promptly and carefully. The services which were performed in a period of over a year are set out in detail in the judge's findings. The allowance of $81.86 for expenses is not contested.