Fillion v. Osborne

COLEMAN, Chief Justice.

This is a suit by a creditor of a decedent’s estate, Josephine N. Watters Osborne, against the former administrator of the estate, Tom Fillion, and the surety on the administrator’s bond, Lawyers Surety Corporation (“LSC”). Osborne sought to recover a debt previously established by judgment against the estate from the administrator, personally, and the surety on his bond, and attorney’s fees.

Trial was to the court, sitting without a jury. From a judgment in favor of Osborne and her attorney for the full amount sought, Fillion and LSC now appeal. The judgment will be…