24 N.Y.2d 789 | NY | 1969
The order appealed from should be modified, with costs to all parties, by disallowing the award of fees and disbursements to the firm of Steptoe and Johnson and, as modified, affirmed. The law of this State clearly provides that the court in which the trust litigation was conducted is to determine the amount and the source of awards made to the firms who participated in the trust litigation. We refrain from determining
Chief Judge Fuld and Judges Burke, Scileppi, Bergan, Keating, Breitel and Jasen concur.
Order modified in accordance with the memorandum herein and, as so modified, affirmed, with costs to all parties appearing separately and filing separate briefs payable out of the incompetent’s estate.
