MATTER OF GABELINE

No. 63174.

288 N.W.2d 341 (1980)

In the Matter of the Trust of Charles W. GABELINE, Deceased. Robert C. CHRISTENSEN, Appellant, v. Merle KELLY and Robert H. Gerdner, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

February 20, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wm. Scott Power of Pryor, Riley, Jones & Aspelmeier, Burlington, for appellant.

William M. Hildreth of Hildreth & Shortenhaus, Burlington, for appellees.

Considered by LeGRAND, P. J., and UHLENHOPP, McCORMICK, ALLBEE, and McGIVERIN, JJ.


LeGRAND, Justice.

In this appeal one trustee disclaims any right to compensation and challenges the right of his two co-trustees to be paid for their services. The trial court ruled against him, and we affirm.

The case arises out of a testamentary trust established under the will of Charles W. Gabeline, who died in 1963. Pertinent terms of the trust provision are here set out:

ITEM VI I give, bequeath and devise all the rest and residue...

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