Wiglesworth v. Taylor

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• 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)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Kappa Sigma Fraternity, Inc. v. Kappa Sigma Fraternity
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2003-10-31· cited 25×
• In re A2P SMS Antitrust Litigation
  S.D. New York· 2013-09-16· cited 17×
• Firebaugh v. Hanback
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1994-04-15· cited 13×
• John A. Turja Richard H. Turja v. Stephen F. Turja, Individually and as of the Estate of Marion A. Turja
  Fourth Circuit· 1997-07-08· cited 7×
• Wudi Industrial (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. v. Wai Wong
  Fourth Circuit· 2025-07-11· cited 3×
• In re Estate of Wicker
  Virginia Circuit Court· 2002-03-11· cited 1×
• Turja v. Turja
  Fourth Circuit· 1997-07-08
• David A. Hodges, Jr. & a. v. Alan Johnson & a.
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 2020-09-23
• Landrith v. First Virginia Bank
  Fairfax County Circuit Court· 1995-10-11
• NationsBank of Va., N.A. v. Nash
  King George County Circuit Court· 1997-03-12
• Shiflet v. May
  Augusta County Circuit Court· 1998-08-06
• In re Estate of Denommé
  Charlottesville County Circuit Court· 2016-04-07
• Dorothy Fulks v. John D. Fulks
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2026-05-19

Cites

21 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Maggio v. Zeitz
  Supreme Court· 1948-02-09· cited 646×
• Bank of Marin v. England
  Supreme Court· 1966-12-05· cited 503×
• Isaacs v. Hobbs Tie & Timber Co.
  Supreme Court· 1931-02-24· cited 383×
• Bacon v. Rives
  Supreme Court· 1882-10-23· cited 105×
• Herget v. Central National Bank & Trust Co.
  Supreme Court· 1945-01-29· cited 65×
• Jones v. Morris Plan Bank
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1937-06-10· cited 53×
• Broaddus v. Gresham
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1943-06-14· cited 44×
• Stanolind Oil & Gas Co. v. Logan
  Fifth Circuit· 1937-09-08· cited 41×
• Norris v. Barbour
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1949-01-10· cited 34×
• Burnham v. Todd
  Fifth Circuit· 1943-12-08· cited 26×
• Cohn v. Central National Bank
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1950-06-19· cited 24×
• Tuffy v. Nichols
  Second Circuit· 1941-06-09· cited 21×
• City of Norfolk v. Kohler
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1987-11-25· cited 20×
• Clare v. Grasty
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1972-09-01· cited 20×
• Whitlow v. Mountain Trust Bank
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1974-08-28· cited 20×
• Willson v. Whitehead
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1943-10-13· cited 16×
• United States Ex Rel. Baruch v. Paul Hardeman, Inc.
  M.D. Florida· 1966-09-15· cited 15×
• Eugene B. Berman, Trustee in Bankruptcy v. Leroy A. Provencher, Mildred C. Provencher and Ramblewood Associates, Inc.
  First Circuit· 1980-03-13· cited 8×
• Brantley v. Karas
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1979-11-21· cited 5×
• White v. Thompson
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1947-06-09· cited 3×