Lawson v. Lawson

HOWARD, Judge.

The appellant brings this appeal from a judgment of the Knox Circuit Court denying the appellant’s claim for compensation for services alleged due under the will of the deceased mother of the appellant.

This appeal arose from a suit for construction of a will brought by the appellee, the brother of the appellant. The will was executed by the mother of the appellant and the appellee, Ellen D. Lawson, who died in July of 1980.

The appellee, as executor of his mother’s estate, brought the suit against the other heirs because a provision in the will called for division of certain…