Cummings v. Curtiss

McCown, J., Retired.

This is an appeal from an order of the district court for Pierce County, Nebraska, granting summary judgment for the defendant. This action involved allegations that the defendant, a lawyer, had made fraudulent misrepresentations to the plaintiff client in connection with the settling of an estate. We affirm the judgment of the district court.

The testator, Ren J. Kroupa, died on March 24,1979, leaving a will which he had made on a printed form. The plaintiff, who was not related to the decedent, and the decedent’s brother, Frank E. Kroupa, engaged the defendant, an…