Hawkey v. Williams

OPINION

Riner, Justice:

A direct appeal proceeding from a judgment of the District Court of Sheridan County brings this case here for review. The cause was tried by the court no jury being in attendance. The plaintiff, Ethel Hawkey, and the defendant Jennie Williams are sisters. The other defendant is also Jennie Williams but she was sued in her official capacity as executrix of the estate of Nona Williams, deceased. Nona Williams was the mother of these two girls, Ethel and Jennie, who are the only-surviving children of Allen and Nona Williams. When the evidence introduced on behalf of the…