Yates v. Watson
Texas Commission of Appeals
Error to Court of Civil Appeals of Second Supreme Judicial District. Bill by Mrs. N. K. Watson and others against I. H. Tates, to revise and reinstate the final account of defendant as guardian of certain minors. From judgment reinstating certain items of the account, both parties appealed to the Court of Civil Appeals, which reformed and affirmed (187 S. W. 548), and defendant guardian and the named plaintiff bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
TAYLOR, J. W. B. Wilson
was killed in a railway accident in November, 1904. His wife and three minor children survived him. He left no money or estate, except a claim for damages against the St. Louis & San Francisco Railway Company. Mrs. Wilson, acting for herself and as next friend for her children, employed Wolfe, Hare & Maxey, attorneys, to prosecute the suit against the company on the claim, and agreed to pay them as their compensation one-third of the amount recovered.
Immediately upon the death of (her husband, Mrs. Wilson and her children moved to the home of I. H. Yates, her father,…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- De Cordova v. RogersTexas Supreme Court · 1903
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