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26 R.I. 201

58 A 660

Barbour v. Cummings

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided June 6, 1904

Supreme Court of Rhode Island · decided 1904-06-06

<p>(1) Trusts. Accounting.</p> <p>Where by the terms of a trust, the trustee is required to pay over the income “at such times and in such amounts as may according to the judgment and discretion of the trustee seem best,” although the trustee is not in the fullest sense accountable to the beneficiary, yet the latter has such an interest in the fund as to entitle him to an account of what it consists of and what income it is producing, and a bill for an accounting may be supported on such ground.</p>

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Heard on demurrer to bill, and demurrer sustained on… · Decided 1904-06-06

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Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently September 1946

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(1) Per Curiam.

¶1 The bill sets out no claim which the complainant has upon the respondent, unless it may be a right to be informed of the amount and particulars of the investment of the fund. The respondent, by the terms of the trust, is not' in the fullest sense accountable to the complainant, for he is only required to pay him the income “at such times and in such amounts as may according to the judgment and discretion of the trustee seem best.” But we think the complainant has such an interest in the fund as to entitle him to an account of what it consists of and what income it is producing. The *202 discretion of the trustee is not an entirely arbitrary one, but if abused would be corrected by a court of equity. Hence we think the bill may be supported as asking for such an account.

Dubois & Dubois, for complainant. John P. Beagan, for respondent.

¶2 The demurrer to the other prayers of the bill is sustained.

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