Gosney v. Costigan

This is an equitable action by one trustee to require his co-trustee to restore to the trust estate certain bonds alleged to have been improperly appropriated from such estate, or for judgment in favor of the estate in lieu thereof. A third trustee was made a party defendant. Trustees of two closely related organizations were afterward brought in as defendants. The trial court found for defendants and denied all prayers for removal of trustees. From such decree plaintiff has appealed.

The pleadings should first be noticed briefly. The following facts appear from the allegations of the…