Edwards v. Warner

The county court of Lee county, and the circuit court, on appeal, allowed appellee the sum of $12,000 for Ms services as executor of the last will of Harry Edwards, deceased. Appellant, the widow of the decedent, has appealed to this court from the order of the circuit court, on the ground that the amount allowed is excessive and exorbitant.

The decedent was for many years a judge of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, and for some years prior to Ms death, was a judge of the Appellate Court for the Fourth District. He died testate on October 27, 1939. Appellee has been engaged in the general…