Bryant v. Lewis

Appeal is from a judgment for $3,828, based on a jury finding in favor of appellees, H. F. Lewis and W. H. Browning, against appellant, for attorneys’ fees. The case arose under substantially the following facts: George Bryant, a bachelor, who resided at Lometa, in Lampasas county, Tex., died in August, 1927. At that time H. F. Lewis was, and for several years had been, his attorney. Miss Jennie Bryant, his niece, had for some 35 years prior to his death, and since she was a girl, lived with and made a home for him with the understanding or agreement that upon his death he would devise to her…