Case Name: In the Matter of Jacob Cohen, Also Known as Jacob C. Cohen, Deceased. Ada Trask, Appellant, v. Eisenberg & Weiss, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1986-05-12
Citations: 120 A.D.2d 585
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Jacob Cohen, Also Known as Jacob C. Cohen, Deceased. Ada Trask, Appellant, v Eisenberg & Weiss, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 120
Pages: 585–585

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Jacob Cohen, Also Known as Jacob C. Cohen, Deceased. Ada Trask, Appellant, v Eisenberg & Weiss, Respondent.

Opinion:
— In a proceeding to settle a coexecutor's account, the coexecutrix Ada Turkish Trask appeals from an order of the Surrogate's Court, Kings County (Bloom, S.), entered May 9, 1985, which confirmed a Referee's report fixing interim counsel fees in the amount of $320,000, and directed the executors to pay the respondent the sum of $250,000, representing $320,000 less $70,000 heretofore paid.
Order modified, on the facts, by reducing the amount awarded for interim counsel fees to $250,000, and the amount which the executors are directed to pay the respondent to $180,000. As so modified, order affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
The sum awarded was excessive to the extent indicated. Mollen, P. J., Lazer, Mangano and Thompson, JJ., concur.