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In re the Final Accounting of Bourne

15 A.D.2d 480 Court N.Y. App. Div. Decision date 1961-12-19 English

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In the Matter of the Final Accounting of Bonnie Bourne et al., as Executors of Saul H. Bourne, Deceased. Mary M. Bourne, Also Known as Bonnie Bourne, Appellant-Respondent; Mary E. Renner., Also Known as Mary E. Keedick, Also Known as Beebe Bourne, et al., Respondents-Appellants; Lawler & Rockwood, Appellants.

Decree insofar as appealed from unanimously modified on the law and the facts and in the exercise of discretion so as to reduce the allowances for attorneys’ fees to the following amounts: to O’Brien, Driscoll & Raftery, $50,000; to Joseph Trachtman, $45,000; to Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, $20,000, and as thus modified, the decree affirmed, with costs, payable out of the estate, to all parties filing briefs. Settle order on notice. Concur — Botein, P. J., Rabin, McNally, Eager and Steuer, JJ.