Alumbaugh v. Hedges

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

This was an action to compel disclosure of a secret agreement whereby the executor and ancillary administrator acquired an interest in the estate under his charge, and to impress that interest with a trust in behalf of plaintiffs as heirs of that estate, and for other equitable relief.

Briefly the facts were these: .On September 22, 1914, Konstantin Schwarz, a pioneer citizen of Edwards county, then a widower with a grown son and three grown daughters, made a will disposing of his property and naming his son-in-law, Blair Hedges, as his…