Albro v. Robinson
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 31 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL FROM KENTON CHANCERY COURT. 1. The lowei court erred in refusing to allow anything for the services of "Vincent Shinkle, and in fixing the compensation of E. D. Albro at the sum of only $1,000. The allowance to Shinkle and Albro for their services should have boon not less than $5,000. (Fleming and wife v. Wilson, 6 Bush, 610; Clark and wife v. Anderson, 13 Bush, 120; Wood and wife v. Lee, 5 Mon., 65 p Belknap v. Belknap, 5 Allen, 468; Ten…
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Case 31 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL FROM KENTON CHANCERY COURT. 1. The lowei court erred in refusing to allow anything for the services of "Vincent Shinkle, and in fixing the compensation of E. D. Albro at the sum of only $1,000. The allowance to Shinkle and Albro for their services should have boon not less than $5,000. (Fleming and wife v. Wilson, 6 Bush, 610; Clark and wife v. Anderson, 13 Bush, 120; Wood and wife v. Lee, 5 Mon., 65 p Belknap v. Belknap, 5 Allen, 468; Ten Broeck v. Fidelity Trust and Safety Vault Oo., 88 Ky., 242.) 2. The lower court erred in refusing to subrogate E. D. Albro…
1Opinion of the Court
CHIEE JUSTICE HOLT
delivered the opinion op the court.
*197Vincent Shinkle and E. D. Albro, as executors of Thomas H. Albro, who died in 1872, executed a joint bond with Uriah Shinkle and Harriet Albro as their sureties. Subsequently, upon the suggestion that Uriah Shinkle had become bankrupt, they executed an additional joint bond, with Henry Ranshaw as their surety.
Vincent Shinkle mainly managed the estate. He advised with his co-executor some, but otherwise took complete control and retained it until his death in the fall of 1885, although in the meantime he had become insolvent.
The appellant,…
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