CARROLL v. FORT WORTH NATIONAL BANK

No. 16061.

331 S.W.2d 356 (1960)

Ralph R. CARROLL, Appellant, v. FORT WORTH NATIONAL BANK, Trustee, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

January 8, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Crocker & McDonald, and Toy A. Crocker, Fort Worth, for appellant.

Hardwicke, Haddaway & Pope and Arthur Haddaway, Fort Worth, for appellee.


BOYD, Justice.

The Fort Worth National Bank, Trustee for Goliebelle R. Herndon, brought this suit against Ralph R. Carroll, individually and as independent executor of the estate of Nelle R. Carroll, his deceased wife, for a declaratory judgment construing a reservation in a deed from Carroll, individually and as executor, to Goliebelle Herndon, conveying his interest in 200 acres of land. A jury was waived, and the court found that the deed reserved "royalty" only...

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