Thatcher v. City of St. Louis

The City -of St. Louis, as trustee of the Bryan Mullanphy trust, appeals from an order and judgment allowing attorneys’ fees, to be paid out of the trust fund, to respondents as attorneys for the Attorney General of Missouri. Appellant’s contention is. that such allowances are in violation of Sections 1 and 24 of Article V of the Constitution of Missouri.

The allowances weré made in the case of Thatcher v. Lewis, 335 Mo. 1130, 76 S. W. (2d) 677. The case was in equity, by descendants of sisters of Bryan Mullanphy, to terminate the trust created by his will on the ground that “the purpose of…