Casseb v. Sweeney

W. O. MURRAY, Chief Justice.

Solomon Casseb, Jr., Esq., was named independent executor of a purported will of Ophia Fant Sweeney. He offered this will for probate in both the County and District Courts of Bandera County, but each court refused to probate it. Later, an earlier will of Ophia Fant Sweeney was probated in which Robert C. Sweeney was named as executor. After Robert C. Sweeney had qualified as executor of the estate of Ophia Fant Sweeney, Casseb presented to him a claim for attorneys’ fees in the attempted probate proceedings, which claim was refused, and this suit was instituted to…