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MATTER OF FREEMAN

34 N.Y.2d 1 (1974)

In the Matter of the Accounting of Lincoln Rochester Trust Company, as Executor of Julius Freeman, Deceased, Respondent. James A. Freeman, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided March 27, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sanford Robert Shapiro and Warren B. Rosenbaum for appellant.

Luther Ira Webster for respondent.

Michael J. Beyma, Elliott Horton and Alan Illig for Monroe County Bar Association, amicus curiae.

Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, RABIN and STEVENS concur with Chief Judge BREITEL; Judge WACHTLER concurs in a separate opinion.

Chief Judge BREITEL.

Appellant objectant, in a proceeding to settle an executor's account, contests the amount of attorney's fees awarded for services rendered to the estate. Objectant, the son of decedent and sole beneficiary of his father's estate, appeals from an Appellate Division order affirming the award, contending that the Surrogate was improperly influenced by the then existing Monroe County Bar Association...

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