Case Name: In the Matter of the Application of Thomas M. Lynch, to Have Fixed and Determined His Compensation as Attorney for the Estate of John Tomany, Late of the County of Kings, Deceased, Appellant; Walter E. Hurley (Also Known as Walter Eugene Hurley, M. D.), as One of the Executors of John Tomany, Deceased, and Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum Society in the City of Brooklyn, Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1940-02-05
Citations: 258 A.D. 1060
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Application of Thomas M. Lynch, to Have Fixed and Determined His Compensation as Attorney for the Estate of John Tomany, Late of the County of Kings, Deceased, Appellant; Walter E. Hurley (Also Known as Walter Eugene Hurley, M. D.), as One of the Executors of John Tomany, Deceased, and Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum Society in the City of Brooklyn, Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 258
Pages: 1060–1060

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Application of Thomas M. Lynch, to Have Fixed and Determined His Compensation as Attorney for the Estate of John Tomany, Late of the County of Kings, Deceased, Appellant; Walter E. Hurley (Also Known as Walter Eugene Hurley, M. D.), as One of the Executors of John Tomany, Deceased, and Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum Society in the City of Brooklyn, Respondents.

Opinion:
Decree of the Surrogate's Court, Kings County, entered June 29, 1939, fixing the compensation of Thomas M. Lynch for legal services rendered to the estate, and for all services to be rendered to and including the entry and execution of the final decree in a proceeding to settle the accounts of the executors at the sum of S3,000, modified on the law by striking therefrom the above underscored words and inserting instead the words " up to the institution of the instant proceeding under section 231-a of the Surrogate's Court Act.'' As so modified the decree is unanimously affirmed, with costs to all parties filing briefs, payable out of the estate. In our opinion it was error for the surrogate to make the allowance for services to be rendered. (Matter of Starbuck, 225 App. Div. 689.) Order denying petitioner's motion to strike out the answer of Walter Eugene Hurley, unanimously affirmed, without costs. No opinion. Present — Lazansky, P. J., Johnston, Adel, Taylor and Close, JJ.