Atwood v. Holmes

Matson, Justice.

Appeal from an order directing defendant trustees to pay to Arthur G. Eyan, respondent, the sum of $4,000 as attorneys’ fees and $814.58 as expenses incurred by him in litigation seeking the construction of a trust instrument.

The attorneys’ fees and expenses were incurred by respondent in respect to an action brought by the surviving spouse of one of the original beneficiaries of the living trust created by Herbert J. Atwood in his lifetime. The settlor by establishing the trust intended to provide support and maintenance for his four children. Within a comparatively short…