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LAWRENCE v. LATCH

No. 16880.

424 S.W.2d 260 (1968)

Ina Mae LAWRENCE et al., Appellants, v. Joe LATCH et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

Rehearing Denied February 23, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon Wellborn & Rex, Houston, and Vaughan O. Stewart, Henderson, for appellants.

Marcus F. Vascocu, Longview, for appellees, Dora Talley, Clarence W. Talley and Linda Sue Talley.

Stone, Tilley, Parker, Snakard, Law & Brown, and G. W. Parker, Jr., Fort Worth, for appellee, Fort Worth National Bank.

Hollie G. McClain, Gilmer, Turner, Rodgers, Winn, Scurlock & Terry, and Frank J. Scurlock, Dallas, for appellees, Joe Latch et ux, Louis Ray Latch, and Bradford Zachry.

OPINION

MASSEY, Chief Justice.

The suit in this case was brought on the theory that in 1946 there was a verbal testamentary contract to make mutual wills by and between John Edwards and his sister, Margie Edwards, both deceased. Pursuant to said contract, according to plaintiffs, each made a separate will in which material testamentary provisions were identical.

Under the 1946 wills of Margie Edwards and John Edwards each gave to the other all household...

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