Brickell v. McCaskill

The defendants in error brought an action against Maude E. Brickell, Frank Clark and William B. Brickell as “Executors of the Estate” of Mary Brickell, deceased.

No exception being taken to the description of the capacity in which the defendants were sued it will be treated as an action against them in their representative capacity as executors of the will of Mrs. Brickell.

The action rested upon a quantum meruit for professional services alleged to have been rendered by the plaintiffs in part during the lifetime of Mrs. Brickell, and completed after her death with the knowledge and consent of-…