Ordered that the decree is affirmed, with costs payable by the appellant personally.
The Surrogate awarded a legal fee of $1,000 to the petitioner. The respondent alleges that this award was improper because the petitioner was compensated by a previous decree. We disagree.
The petitioner had served as counsel to the respondent during the settling of the decedent's estate. The respondent retained the petitioner in his two capacities: as coexecutor and as colegatee...
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