Fasel v. Cox

Peter Fasel died testate in July, 1927. His will was probated. Appellee, William Roger Watkins, qualified as executor of the estate of said decedent. The widow dissented from the will and elected to take a child's part in the estate of her deceased husband.

An asset of the estate consisted of a mortgage and notes thereby secured made by the executor to Peter Fasel during his lifetime upon lands in Hillsborough County. The executor being adversely interested, the court below made an order appointing C. M. Cox, an attorney at law, to act as administrator ad litem for Johan Fasel, Anton Fasel,…