Case Name: KETCHIN v. RION
Court: Supreme Court of South Carolina
Jurisdiction: South Carolina
Decision Date: 1905-07-17
Citations: 72 S.C. 153
Docket Number: 
Parties: KETCHIN v. RION.
Judges: Messrs. Justice Gary end Jones concur.
Reporter: South Carolina Reports
Volume: 72
Pages: 153–162

Head Matter:
KETCHIN v. RION.
Attorney's Pees — Commissions.—-Where an executor brings an action to construe the will of his testator and to define his powers and duties, which will undertook to carry into effect powers vested in his testator by a former will, in which action all parties acquiesced, the executor is entitled to commissions on such funds as came into his hands belonging- to the first estate, and his reasonable attorney’s fee out of said estate, although the will under which he acted was held not to have executed the powers conferred on his testator by the former, and an administrator with the will annexed was appointed of the first estate. Brown v. Vinyard, 1 Bail. Eq., 460, distinguished from this.
Before Gage, J., Fairfield, May, 1904.
Affirmed.
Motion in action by Thos. H. Ketchin, executor of Mary C. Rion, against Preston Rion and others. From Circuit order the defendants, M. H. Rion, administratrix, with will annexed of J. H. Rion, and individually, Lucy Rion Boozer, Hanna Rion Williams, Lucile Rion, Willie C. Rion and M. H. Rion, Jr., appeal.
Messrs. Buchanan & Hanakan, for appellants.
Mr. Hanahan cites: 21 S. C., 179; 60 S. C., 283; Bail. Eq., 461; 68 S. C., 269, 245; Code, 1902, 2550; 9 Rich. Eq., 83.
Mr. J. B. McDonald, contra,
cites: 68 S. C., 260; 2 Perry-on Trusts, sec. 910; 2 McC. Chan., 76; 4 Rich Eq., 45; 60 S. C., 272; 21 S. C., 178; 64 S. C., 285; 12 S. C., 463; 3 Ency., 417; 51 Ind., 159.
July 17, 1905.

Opinion:
The opinion of the Court was delivered by