Ross v. Conwell

The appellants are the trustees under the will of Abraham B. Conwell, deceased. The testator, who left a large estate to be disposed of, provided in his will, among other things, that the “trustees or their successors shall each receive out of the proceeds of said estate, for their services in his discharge of said trust, a reasonable compensation to be fixed by themselves.”

Exceptions were filed by the appellee to the appellants’ final report in said estate in the court below, and these were, in part, sustained. From this ruling an appeal was taken to the Supreme Court, and from that court…