Saulsbury v. Denton National Bank

This appeal involves the single question whether a trustee, called upon to defend its administration of the trust and itself against an effort to remove it as trustee, may recover counsel fees from the trust assets.

Irwin T. Saulsbury, Sr. died on January 5, 1949, leaving a Last Will and Testament dated August 22, 1946. Under one of the provisions of that will, a trust estate was established. The life tenants of the trust estate were the settlor’s son, Irwin T. Saulsbury, Jr., and the son’s wife, Renee Bauziere Saulsbury (one of the appellants here). The remaindermen were Jacqueline Bauziere…