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LANDRAM v. POWER

No. 211.

448 S.W.2d 511 (1969)

Mrs. Thelma Power LANDRAM et al., Appellants, v. Grace M. POWER, a feme sole, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th Dist.).

Rehearing Denied December 17, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

N. Wyatt Collier, Marion Sanford, Jr., Liddell, Dawson, Sapp & Zivley, Houston, for appellants.

Vernon J. Thrower, Crane, Keenan & Thrower, Houston, for appellee.

TUNKS, Chief Justice.

This is a suit for conversion. Its determination depends upon the construction of a will.

In June, 1944, John A. Power executed the will here in question. At that date he had a wife, Mary Elizabeth Power, and three children, Thelma Landram, John Gerald Power and Katherine Power Randle. That portion of John A. Power's will, the construction of which is in dispute, is in the following language:

"FIRST. It is my will and desire...

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