Brown v. Leo

(after stating the facts as above). The long and unexplained delay by the trustee in administering this estate was ample warrant for the disallowance of interest on money he advanced to pay expenses he incurred. There is nothing in the record to indicate that the estate lacked funds which could not under proper order have been applied to the payment of all necessary expenses, and, though we do not question the right of the trustee to be reimbursed for necessary expenses he paid out of his own fluids, no reason has been made apparent why such advances should be made an interest-bearing…