WERNER v. AMERICAN SURETY COMPANY OF NEW YORK

No. 3542

423 P.2d 86 (1967)

Justin WERNER, John Werner and Margaret Runnion, Appellants (Plaintiffs below), v. AMERICAN SURETY COMPANY OF NEW YORK, Appellee (Defendant below).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

February 1, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred G. Kaufman, Jr., Douglas, for appellants.

W.J. Wehrli, of Wehrli & Williams, Casper, for appellee.

Before PARKER, C.J., and HARNSBERGER, GRAY and McINTYRE, JJ.


Mr. Justice McINTYRE delivered the opinion of the court.

The appeal in this case questions whether devisees under a will are entitled to recover interest on the principal amount paid by a bonding company for defalcations of an executor bonded by it; whether such devisees can require the bonding company to pay attorney fees for the attorney representing the devisees; and whether lawyers for the testator's estate, who were also executors of the estate, were entitled...

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