Valentin v. Brunette

Per Ouriam:

Motions have been filed by the attorneys for tlie life-tenants and for the remaindermen respectively for allowance of counsel fees to be paid out of the corpus of the estate.

This was a bill in equity by trustees under a will for instructions as to whether and to what extent moneys expended (a1) in satisfying the widow’s statutory dower, as valued and admeasured by a court of equity, and (b) in meeting special assessments levied by the ■ government for street improvements should be paid out of the principal and or out of the income of the estate. The trustees made the life-tenants…