McCall v. Owens

Mrs. Arabella F. Coates, deceased, left a written will in which D. A. McCall was named as independent executor without bond. After the will had been admitted to probate and said executor had duly qualified, he, as such executor, allowed and paid a claim in favor of his wife, Mrs. Sue McCall, in the sum of $5,000 alleged to be due Mrs. McCall for personal services rendered by her to Mrs. Coates during the last two years of the latter's lifetime. J. T. Owens, the residuary legatee under the will, and C. D. Owens and J. S. Owens, his assignees, brought this suit in the district court against D.…