In Re Fourteenth & Partial Account of REED

OPINION OF THE COURT

JONES, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from the Decree of the Orphans’ Court of Allegheny County allowing compensation to the estate of Emily W. Reed, deceased, in the amount of $175,000. 1 The issue presented for our consideration is whether a deceased trustee is entitled to receive payment from the principal of a trust for her services in the administration and conservation of that trust in addition to compensation already received from the trust income under the provisions of the will appointing her as trustee.

The facts giving rise to this controversy are as follows. In…