Ellis' Estate

Citations

• 254 Pa. 402
• 98 A. 1083
• 1916 Pa. LEXIS 742

Syllabus

<p>Decedent’s estates — Executors and administrators — Fee—Claim for personal services.</p> <p>1. A claim of an executor for services rendered decedent in her lifetime in the management of her property was properly disallowed where there was no evidence as to the nature of the services or their value.</p> <p>2. In such case there was no error in reducing the executor’s commission from five to three per cent, where it appeared that the estate was valued at $37,000, and that assets amounting, to $25,312 were transferred to legatees in specie without being converted. •</p>