SOWELL v. HEINS

No. 17604.

466 S.W.2d 862 (1971)

George P. SOWELL et al., Appellants, v. Pemela Fraser HEINS et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

Rehearing Denied May 21, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin D. Whitaker, Palestine, for appellants.

Houston E. Holmes, Jr., Worsham, Forsythe & Sampels, Leslie Shults, Stanley C. Hogg, Dallas, for appellees.


CLAUDE WILLIAMS, Chief Justice.

First National Bank in Dallas, in its capacity as independent executor of the will of Viola C. Fraser, deceased, brought this action seeking a judicial construction of a portion of the will. The only question presented for determination is whether or not Mrs. Fraser died intestate as to a part of the property she owned at the time of her death and which was the subject of a trust created in the will.

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