Case Name: In the Matter of the Appointment of a Committee of the Person and Property of John A. McCarthy, an Alleged Incompetent Person. Eugene J. McCarthy et al., Appellants; Anna V. McCarthy, Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1952-06-05
Citations: 304 N.Y. 601
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Appointment of a Committee of the Person and Property of John A. McCarthy, an Alleged Incompetent Person. Eugene J. McCarthy et al., Appellants; Anna V. McCarthy, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 304
Pages: 601–602

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Appointment of a Committee of the Person and Property of John A. McCarthy, an Alleged Incompetent Person. Eugene J. McCarthy et al., Appellants; Anna V. McCarthy, Respondent.
Argued May 21, 1952;
decided June 5, 1952.
Bruce Bromley, Maurice Rosenberg, George Trosh in person, Joseph G. Abramson in person and Emanuel L. Greene in person for Eugene J. McCarthy and others, appellants.
Vincent J. Malone for Martin J. Kelly, Jr., and another, appellants.
Arthur G. Klein, special guardian, appellant in person.
John P. McGrath, Felix A. Muldoon and Charles 8. Eorgan, Jr., for respondent.
Joseph V. McKee for Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York, amicus curiae, in support of respondent’s position.

Opinion:
Order affirmed, with costs to all parties appearing separately and filing separate briefs payable out of the estate. The determination of the make-up of a committee of an incompetent, and of allowances to attorneys and others in such a proceeding, rests in the sound discretion of the Supreme Court, and, in the exercise of that discretion, the Appellate Division stands in the same position as the Special Term. Therefore, the Appellate Division's order of modification — "on the law and on the facts and in the exercise of the court's discretion" — presents no question for review by this court. No opinion.
Concur: Lotjghean, Ch. J., Lewis, Conway, Desmond, Dye, Ftjld and Feoessel, JJ.