In re Costello's Estate

Appeal by Charles Walter Costello, Jr., from a judgment of the Probate Court of Shelby County, Tennessee, dismissing his claim against the estate of his decetased father in the .amount of $18,661. 0. W. Costello, Sr., died on January 27,1953-, and his widow, Mrs. Louise Goetz Costello, stepmother of the claimant, duly qualified as executrix of the estate of O. W. Costello, Sr. So far as the record shows the deceased left only a 1949' Jeep, his clothing and jewelry consisting of some diamonds supposed to be worth approximately $4,000.

Some time about 1930 Costello, Sr., who was then in affluent…