Texas L. L. Co. v. Robertson Byars

PLEASANTS, Associate Justice.

Appellant brought this suit to establish a claim against the estate of William Dunovant, deceased, for $70,000, evidenced by promissory notes executed by said Dunovant in favor of appellant. The notes sued on contained a stipulation for the payment of ten percent attorney’s fees in case they were placed in the hands of an attorney for collection. Appellant sought to recover the ten percent attorney’s fees stipulated in the notes. The administrators of the estate resisted the claim for the full amount of attorney’s fees on the ground that the contract for the…