Case Name: In the Matter of the Judicial Settlement of the Account of the Proceedings of William W. Hall, as Executor, etc., of Sarah L. Smith, Deceased. William W. Hall, Individually and as Executor, etc., Appellant; Lillian Hall Abbett and Another, Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1926-05
Citations: 217 A.D. 701
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Judicial Settlement of the Account of the Proceedings of William W. Hall, as Executor, etc., of Sarah L. Smith, Deceased. William W. Hall, Individually and as Executor, etc., Appellant; Lillian Hall Abbett and Another, Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 217
Pages: 701–702

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Judicial Settlement of the Account of the Proceedings of William W. Hall, as Executor, etc., of Sarah L. Smith, Deceased. William W. Hall, Individually and as Executor, etc., Appellant; Lillian Hall Abbett and Another, Respondents.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The contract for compensation to the attorneys for the executor, as established at the hearing by proof, as to the competency of which no objection was made, was authorized by the residuary legatee. She was the only person to be adversely affected by such contract; she was, therefore, estopped from objecting thereto, and the estoppel, after her death, extended to her next of kin. The allowance to the attorney for the contestant, under the circumstances, we consider excessive. All concur. Decree reversed on the law and facts and new trial granted before the surrogate, with costs to the appellant payable out of the estate. Orders reversed on the law and facts, without costs.