Varney
Citizens Commercial Trust & Savings Bank of Pasadena v. Varney
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Ford, J.
The question on this appeal is whether, as contended by the trustee and held by the court below, income received by the executor during the course of the administration of the estate and distributed to the testamentary trustee constituted income to be disbursed to the life beneficiaries by the trustee in accordance with the terms of the trust.
The will contains the following provision•. "Fifth-. All of the rest, residue and remainder of my estate of every kind or nature and including all failed and lapsed gifts, wheresoever situate, I give, devise and bequeath to [the designated trustee] ... in trust for the following uses and purposes: (a) After paying or reserving sufficient money to pay any expenses of management of the trust estate and administering this trust, all or any part of which may, in the sole and absolute discretion of the trustee, be chargeable to the principal of the trust estate, all income from the trust estate which accrues after the date that the trust estate, or a substantial portion thereof, shall have been distributed to the trustee, and is available for distribution, shall be distributed in monthly or other convenient installments to or for the benefit of…