Sullivan v. Crew

Citations

• 119 Cal. 156
• 51 P. 47
• 1897 Cal. LEXIS 870

Syllabus

<p>Estates of Deceased Persons—Trust under Wild—Settlement of Account of Trustees—Items Allowed in Previous Account.—When the annual accounts of trustees acting under the will of a deceased person have been settled and approved, they are only subject to direct attack by motion to open the settlement, or other like remedy in the superior court, or on appeal, and items allowed in a previous annual account cannot be examined into upon the settlement of a succeeding annual account.</p> <p>Id.—Item for Services of Bookkebebr—Relative of Trustee—Discretion. The allowance of an item for the services of a bookkeeper for the trustees will not be deemed an abuse of discretion, merely upon a showing that the bookkeeper was a relative and employee of one of the trustees, where it does not appear that such trustee had any interest in his earnings, and there is no other or fuller showing against the item.</p>