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IN RE LAW'S ESTATE

No. 50505.

113 N.W.2d 233 (1962)

In re ESTATE of Ede E. LAW, Deceased. Burt G. LAW and O. B. Law, Objectors to Will, Appellants, v. Elizabeth L. BAILEY, Andrew H. Law and Mason G. Ouderkirk, Proponents of Will, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

February 6, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Watson, Elgin & Hoyman, Indianola, and Killmar & Reynoldson, Osceola, for appellants.

Charles D. Funaro, Hansen, Wheatcraft & Galvin, Des Moines, and Mason G. Ouderkirk, Indianola, for appellees.

LARSON, Justice.

Mason G. Ouderkirk, the nominated executor in the will of Ede E. Law, deceased, filed an application to employ legal counsel, for attorney fees and costs to secure a witness from California, medical testimony, and the taking of depositions to sustain the will. Appellants resisted on the ground that all devisees and heirs of decedent were adults and all had appeared and pleaded pro or con in the contest. The trial court approved the application to...

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