Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
We find that the Surrogate did not improvidently exercise his discretion in setting aside a settlement of the estate by agreement and in ordering that the executor pay a part of the attorney's fees from his statutory commission since a substantial portion of the services performed by the attorney were executorial in nature (see, Matter of Wolf,
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