State ex rel. National City Bank v. Maloney

{¶ 1} Appellant, National City Bank (“National City”), administers certain trusts in which it acts as testamentary trustee. From September through November 1998, appellee, Judge Timothy P. Maloney of the Mahoning County Common Pleas Court, Probate Division, considered the fees charged by National City in approximately 154 trusts in which National City acted as trustee. In 1999, Judge Maloney denied the fees.

{¶ 2} On appeal, the court of appeals held that Judge Maloney had erred in denying all fees charged by National City. In re Testamentary Trust of Manning, Mahoning App. No. 99-CA-92,…