KIRKLAND v. KIRKLAND

No. 16347.

359 S.W.2d 651 (1962)

Margie Lyon KIRKLAND, Appellant, v. Oma Clyde KIRKLAND et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

Rehearing Denied September 14, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hollis D. Garmon, Greenville, for appellant.

R. A. Kilpatrick, Cleburne, for appellee Oma Clyde Kirkland.

Will Wilson, Atty. Gen. of Texas, and Fred D. Ward, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, for appellee Teacher Retirement System of Texas.


BOYD, Justice.

Kenneth L. Kirkland, Sr., was a member of the Teachers Retirement System. He married Margie Lyon Kirkland on June 6, 1938. On August 14, 1938, on forms prepared by the System, Mr. Kirkland designated his sister, Miss Oma Clyde Kirkland, as his beneficiary. Kenneth L. Kirkland, Jr., the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Kirkland, was born December 19, 1938. Mr. Kirkland died intestate on January 15, 1958, leaving his wife and son as his only heirs at law.<...

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