Pendleton v. Hare
Texas Commission of Appeals
Error to Court of Civil Appeals of Sixth Supreme Judicial District. Suit by W. S. Pendleton against Silas Hare, administrator of Samuel Bailey. A judgment for plaintiff was reversed by tbe Court of Civil Appeals (214 S. W. 948), judgment being rendered for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtSpencer, J.
Plaintiff in error, W. A. Pendleton, instituted this suit against Silas Hare, administrator of the estate of Samuel Bailey, to recover the value of attorney’s fees for services rendered the estate in Oklahoma.
The facts necessary to a determination of the issues are:
That Samuel Bailey died in Pottawatomie county, the place of his residence, leaving a will in which B. F. Hamilton was named executor and Sherman Spencer the sole beneficiary.
The estate consisted of real and personal property situated in Oklahoma of the value of $6,000 and personal property in Texas consisting of $54,000 on deposit…
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