Dunne v. Cooke

Mr. Presiding Justice Gridley

delivered the opinion' of the court.

Formerly it was the law of this State, following the rule in England, that a trustee appointed by a will was not entitled to compensation for Ms services in the absence of any provision in the will authorizing the same. (Cook v. Gilmore, 133 Ill. 139, 143; Buckingham v. Morrison, 136 Ill. 437, 455; Arnold v. Alden, 173 Ill. 229, 235.) But in June, 1891, an act was passed by the legislature entitled “An Act concerning compensation of trustees,” providing “that where a trustee or trustees shall hereafter act under any power or…