ST. MARKS EPISCOPAL CHURCH v. LOWRY

No. 15548.

271 S.W.2d 681 (1954)

ST. MARKS EPISCOPAL CHURCH, MT. PLEASANT, TEXAS, Appellant, v. Iva Lou LOWRY et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

Rehearing Denied October 22, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris Rolston, Mt. Pleasant, for appellant.

Coffee, Cain, Read & McCracken, Harold W. McCracken, Dallas, for appellee Iva Lou Lowry.

William R. Sarsgard, Fort Worth, guardian ad litem for appellee Bobby Lowry.

Alexander & Martin, Richard F. Martin, Fort Worth, for appellees Paul C. Brooks and Leo Brady.


RENFRO, Justice.

Suit was brought in a district court of Tarrant County for the purpose of construing certain provisions of the will of Francis A. Bates, deceased. Bates died on April 25, 1952, leaving a will dated December 9, 1950, with a codicil dated March 18, 1952. The will and codicil were duly probated. Under its terms the Continental National Bank of Fort Worth was appointed executor, and was also named as Trustee as to certain properties named therein.

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