MATTER OF DILLON


28 N.Y.2d 597 (1971)

In the Matter of The Estate of Martin I. Dillon, Deceased. Mary D. McKean, Appellant; Morton Brauer, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided February 17, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony B. Cataldo for appellant.

Morton Brauer, pro se, respondent.

Concur: Chief Judge FULD and Judges SCILEPPI, BERGAN, BREITEL, JASEN and GIBSON. Taking no part: Judge BURKE.


Order modified by striking out the direction charging counsel fees of respondent to appellant's share of the estate, and, as so modified, affirmed, with costs to all parties appearing separately and filing separate briefs payable out of the estate, in the following memorandum: SCPA 2110 does not authorize payment for legal services rendered a party to be charged against the share of other individual parties. Accordingly, although appellant lost in this litigation, the legal...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases