Evans v. Garvie

Citations

• 23 Haw. 694
• 1917 Haw. LEXIS 41

Syllabus

<p>Trusts — expense of litigation — counsel fees</p> <p>Where conflicting interests of beneficiaries under a trust require the institution of a suit in order to determine the proper disposition of certain funds, and the litigation is for the general benefit of the parties interested in the trust, reasonable fees may be allowed to be paid to counsel for the respective parties out of the corpus of the trust estate.</p>