LEWIS v. MARTEL

No. 3772.

339 S.W.2d 924 (1960)

Inez G. LEWIS, Next Friend of Patricia Anne LEWIS, A Minor et al., Appellants, v. Speros P. MARTEL et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Waco.

Rehearing Denied November 23, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Greenwell, Philip M. Shafer, Buck C. Miller, Freeman & Goldfaden, Houston, for appellants.

Lockett, Lockett & Brady, Frank L. Heard, Jr., Blades, Crain, Slator & Winters, Houston, for appellees.


WILSON, Justice.

This action is to construe the will of Henry S. Fox, deceased, and to determine ownership of property belonging to his estate.

The will made specific bequests to testator's son, and vested in his wife and two daughters each a life estate in one-third of the residue. As to the wife's share, the remainder was devised to testator's three children "and to their descendants, or to the survivor or survivors of them, share and share alike." As to...

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