DORN v. CARTWRIGHT

No. 16578.

392 S.W.2d 181 (1965)

Attie DORN, Appellant, v. J. W. CARTWRIGHT, Jr., Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

Rehearing Denied June 25, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nance & Caston and Robert G. Bush, III, Sherman, for appellant.

Brame & Brame, Sherman, for appellee.


DIXON, Chief Justice.

Appellee J. W. Cartwright, Jr. filed suit for declaratory judgment to construe a will. The purpose of the suit is to determine whether appellee has the right under the terms of the will to convey fee simple title to certain real property, in particular whether he has a right to convey such title to Melvin Kalmbach, with whom he has already entered into a contract of sale.

The defendants in appellee's suit are the surviving children, the...

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