Thompson Estate

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Jones,

The present appeal is from a decree of the Orphans’ Court of Erie County which (a) reduced the claim of appellant-trustee (Lewis S. Mosher), compensation from $25,000 to $20,000 and (b) directed appellant-trustee to recover $40,489.33 of the fee he had paid to the attorneys who had represented him in his fiduciary capacity. Narrowly stated, the issue is whether the auditing judge abused his discretion in reducing the compensation claimed (a) by the fiduciary and (b) by his attorneys.

This is the second appeal involving the will of Robert M. Thompson (testator) to…