Estate of Thouron

Citations

• 182 Pa. 126
• 37 A. 861
• 1897 Pa. LEXIS 780

Syllabus

<p>Trusts and trustees — Commissions—Allowance of commissions on principal of trust fund before distribution.</p> <p>While as a general rule commissions will not be allowed to a trustee on the principal of the trust fund until the termination of the trust or of the trustee’s relation to it, there may be circumstances of an unusual and extraordinary character which will require a departure from the general rule. Thus where a trustee has managed an estate during a long period of years without claiming commissions in accounts filed from time to time, and by great care and skill through judicious sales and investments has increased the fund by many thousands of dollars, the court will allow him commissions on the principal of the trust fund, before final distribution or the termination of the trust relation.</p>