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BETTS v. HAGGARD

No. 696.

495 S.W.2d 602 (1973)

Mary Hall BETTS et al., Appellants, v. Clyde HAGGARD, ind. executor of the Estate of Jessie Carolina Betts, Deceased, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Tyler.

Rehearing Denied June 7, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Fox Holt, Holt & Hirsch, Stephen L. Mayo, Mayo & Ward, Dallas, for appellants.

Les E. Shackelford, Jr., Dallas, for appellee.

Duncan Elliot Osborne, Graves, Dougherty, Gee, Hearon, Moody & Garwood, Austin, for intervenors American Cancer Society and American Cancer Society, Tex. Div., Inc.

George Wm. Perry, Dallas, for intervenor Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas.

Roy L. Cole, Burford, Ryburn & Ford, Dallas, for intervenor Baylor University Medical Center.

Chares W. Gordon, Jr., Lefler, Gordon & Waddell, Newton, N. C., for intervenor, Wallace Joyce Kirkman.

John L. Hill, Atty. Gen., Austin, for the State.

McKAY, Justice.

This is a declaratory judgment suit brought by appellants against Clyde Haggard, Independent Executor of the Estate of Jessie Carolina Betts, Deceased, to construe the will of Jessie Carolina Betts. The Attorney General of Texas was made a party, and American Cancer Society, Baylor University Medical Center, and Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas intervened. The trial court rendered judgment that paragraphs First, Second and Third of the will control...

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