ESTATE OF MARTIN

No. 191.

39 Wis.2d 437 (1968)

159 N.W.2d 660

ESTATE OF MARTIN: RICHARDS, Trustee, Appellant, v. BARRY and others, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided June 28, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there were briefs by Roberts, Boardman, Suhr & Curry, and oral argument by Bradway A. Liddle, Jr., all of Madison.

For the respondents there was a brief by Petersen, Sutherland, Axley & Brynelson, and oral argument by James C. Herrick and Griffin G. Dorschel, all of Madison.


HALLOWS, C. J.

Were the trust disbursements properly allowed?

In its decision of December, 1965, the trial court disallowed a total of $7,463.11 in disbursements from the Fincher-Martin Farm Account because of insufficient detail as to whom the payments were made and for what purpose. On January 19, 1967, these disbursements were in effect allowed on the ground of the trustee's good faith and because the farm operation showed no loss.

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