Case Name: In the Matter of Michael O'Leary, an Incompetent Person. Jerome M. Spinner, Appellant; Helen M. Mills, as Committee of the Person and Property of Michael O'Leary, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1974-06-10
Citations: 45 A.D.2d 725
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Michael O’Leary, an Incompetent Person. Jerome M. Spinner, Appellant; Helen M. Mills, as Committee of the Person and Property of Michael O’Leary, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 45
Pages: 725–726

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Michael O’Leary, an Incompetent Person. Jerome M. Spinner, Appellant; Helen M. Mills, as Committee of the Person and Property of Michael O’Leary, Respondent.

Opinion:
In a proceeding to compel payment of $50,000 to petitioner for services rendered by him as an attorney-tax specialist (petitioner was appointed by an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County, dated June 30, 1969, to render such services on behalf of the incompetent person herein), petitioner' appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County, entered September 18, 1973, which fixed the amount of the compensation to be paid at $3,500. Order modified, on the facts, by changing the amount of the compensation to $30,000. As so modified, order affirmed, without costs. It is undisputed that appellant rendered services which were " expert " in every sense of the word and he should be compensated accordingly (see Matter of Potts, 213 App. Div. 59). By his expertise he saved the committee a substantial sum in taxes and he rendered services over an extended period of time to accomplish the result. Gulotta, P. J., Latham, Cohalan, Benjamin and Munder, JJ., concur.