BREWSTER v. BREWSTER

No. 12768.

271 S.W.2d 842 (1954)

Juanita BREWSTER, Appellant, v. Mary Brewster BREWSTER et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

Rehearing Denied October 20, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Culpepper & Spilman, McAllen, for appellant.

Hartley & Lattimore, Pharr, for appellees.


NORVELL, Justice.

The plaintiff, born of a meretricious union between the testator and plaintiff's mother in 1927, cannot be considered a pretermitted child under Article 8292, Vernon's Ann.Civ.Stats., although, after the execution of the will in 1945, followed by the death of testator's lawful wife, the testator entered into a common law marriage with plaintiff's mother.

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