MATTER OF EDWARDS


41 Misc.2d 703 (1963)

In the Matter of The Estate of Joseph Edwards, Deceased.

Surrogate's Court, New York County.

December 3, 1963


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shank & Siegel for Augusta Edwards and another. Abraham S. Wilk for petitioner. Robert M. Morgenthau, United States Attorney (Thomas H. Baer of counsel), for United States of America. James E. Foley, as special guardian.


S. SAMUEL DI FALCO, S.

In this accounting proceeding Abraham S. Wilk, the attorney of record for this insolvent estate, was directed to refund $3,600. The gross estate herein amounted to some $16,000. Mr. Wilk alleged in support of his original position that a $6,000 fee was reasonable, that he had shared his fee with an attorney, Melvin Siegel, a son-in-law of the deceased and the widow executrix. Mr. Siegel...

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