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· 4/20/1990

Wiglesworth v. Taylor

Citations

  • 391 S.E.2d 299
  • 239 Va. 603
  • 6 Va. Law Rep. 2173
  • 1990 Va. LEXIS 87

How courts have described this case

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  • finding trustee may not be reimbursed for attorneys’ fees from trust when he causes litigation
  • finding trustee may not be reimbursed for attorneys' fees from trust when he causes litigation
  • co-trustees of trust cannot obtain reimbursement for attorney’s fees from trust beneficiary when co-trustees’ interest was hostile to interest of beneficiary
  • “Although a trustee is entitled to reimbursement from the trust for reasonable attorney’s fees expended in protecting the trust, a trustee should not receive such reimbursement when he caused the litigation.” (citations omitted)

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Judges: Whiting

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