Strickler Estate

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Allen M. Stearne,

A testamentary trustee appeals from a decree of an orphans’ court fixing the amount of her compensation and from the disallowance of credits for alleged expenditures made by her.

A fiduciary’s compensation depends upon the extent and character of the labor and the responsibility involved. Fixing the amount of compensation is peculiarly within the discretion of the court below, which in most cases is better able to judge as to the reasonableness of such charges than the appellate court. Unless such discretion is clearly abused the judgment of the court…