First American National Bank v. Charlton

OPINION

COOPER, Chief Justice.

We granted certiorari in this case to review an award of attorney’s fees to counsel for an unsuccessful claimant in a suit brought to construe a will. The will in question is that of the late Will Andrew Strasser. The testator left his residuary estate “to [his] nieces and nephews, the children of [his] brothers and sisters, per stirpes.” The respondent, Estelle Charlton, is the adopted daughter of Will Strasser’s deceased brother, Leopold Strasser. Will Strasser died on August 17, 1969, and the petitioner, the First American National Bank, was named executor…