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BENSON v. GREENVILLE NAT. EXCHANGE BANK

No. 6585.

253 S.W.2d 918 (1952)

BENSON et al. v. GREENVILLE NAT. EXCHANGE BANK et al.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Texarkana.

Rehearing Denied January 1, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clark & Craik, Chester Clark and Stegall & Stegall, Ft. Worth, Sam B. Hall, Jr., Ernest F. Smith and William L. Taylor, Marshall, for appellants.

Allen Clark, G. C. Harris and William C. Parker, Greenville, Geo. K. Holland, Dallas, for appellees.

LINCOLN, Justice.

The first and principal question involved in this appeal is construction of the will of Coleman Abington Mercer Pitts, who died December 13, 1919. His will dated August 13, 1916, was duly probated in Hunt County on February 3, 1920. The pertinent portions of said will calling for construction read as follows:

"First—I give and bequeath to my sister Mary Grace Benson, (231) two hundred and...

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