United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Falk

Hilton, Justice.

Action by the surety on an executor’s probate bond to recover of the principals on the bond the sum of $900, claimed to be the reasonable value of attorneys’ fees expended by the surety for the alleged purpose of appearing in opposition to the petition of an heir of the estate to set aside the final account of the executors (defendants here) and questioning the propriety of their administration of certain assets of the estate. From a judgment for plaintiff against defendant Bauman on the pleadings as amended and after certain portions of the answer were stricken, Bauman…