Jennings v. Murdock

The opinion of the court was delivered by This is an action by beneficiaries of spendthrift trusts to compel their trustee to do their bidding in the management of the trust assets. Specifically, the plaintiff beneficiaries sought orders in the probate court and in the district court requiring the defendant bank as testamentary and inter vivos trustee, to vote corporate stock held in the respective trusts in accordance [220 Kan. 185] with their wishes. For its failure to do so plaintiffs also sought in each court the removal of the trustee and the surcharge against it of their expenses (largely their attorney fees) in this litigation.