Hursh v. Theis

Dell, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment entered in the District Court of Hennepin County which denied the claim of the claimant for attorney’s fees and for expenses and disbursements incurred by him in his attempt to sustain a will signed by the decedent, Anna G. Healy.

On August 25, 1943, decedent executed what purported to be her last will and testament. At the time of her death on January 22, 1952, she left surviving as her heirs at law — her brother, Edgar E. Edgerly; a nephew, Nicholas E. Theis; and a niece, Ada Mauer. Her estate, consisting chiefly of cash and…