Logan v. McDaniel

J. WOODFIN JONES, Justice.

Appellee Samuel Downing McDaniel sued Jill M. Johnson Logan, individually and as independent executrix of the estate of Jim Pearce Johnson, in Travis County to recover attorney’s fees for representing Johnson in guardianship proceedings in Hays County that preceded Johnson’s death. Relying on an order issued during the guardianship proceedings that held Johnson had the capacity to hire his own attorney, the Travis County Probate Court granted partial summary judgment in fa vor of McDaniel. That portion of the probate proceeding was severed, and Logan, Johnson’s…