OTTENHOUSE v. PAYSINGER

No. 12344.

244 S.W.2d 714 (1951)

OTTENHOUSE et al. v. PAYSINGER et al.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

Rehearing Denied January 9, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell B. Wine, San Antonio, for appellants.

Crawford & Crawford, Crystal City, Murray G. Smyth, Houston, for appellee.


NORVELL, Justice.

The question presented by this case is whether or not the will of William Ottenhouse, deceased, required an election on the part of his wife, Kate Ottenhouse, to take under the will or receive her one-half of the community estate.

W. H. Paysinger, independent executor of the estate of Kate Ottenhouse, instituted this suit for the purpose of securing a construction of the will of William Ottenhouse. The San Antonio Loan and Trust Company was...

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