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ROTHMAN v. GILLETT

No. 15927.

315 S.W.2d 956 (1958)

Lloyd J. ROTHMAN, Appellant, v. Elizabeth E. GILLETT et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

Rehearing Denied September 19, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin, Moore & Tackett, Fort Worth, for appellant.

Cantey, Hanger, Johnson, Scarborough & Gooch, John H. McBryde, Whitfield J. Collins, and Howard Barker, Fort Worth, for appellees Elizabeth E. Gillett, Individually and as Temporary Administratrix of the Estate of Norman J. Felder, Deceased, and Winifred Mercedes Watson.

Thorp A. Andrews and Travis Alley, Fort Worth, for appellees Cecil Crichet, Mildred Crichet, and Walter Coggeshall.

MASSEY, Chief Justice.

This is a suit to determine heirship. A Mrs. Alice McMullen died, leaving a sizable part of her estate to pass by the statutes of descent and distribution.

Of important blood kinship, Mrs. McMullen left as her heirs a half brother, Walter Coggeshall, and a natural son of a full sister, the appellant Lloyd J. Rothman. However, Elizabeth E. Gillett and Norman J. Felder, deceased, were the adopted children of a full sister of Mrs. McMullen...

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