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WILCOX v. ST. MARY'S UNIVERSITY OF SAN ANTONIO, INC.

No. 12046.

497 S.W.2d 782 (1973)

Mrs. Seb S. WILCOX et al., Appellants, v. ST. MARY'S UNIVERSITY OF SAN ANTONIO, INC., Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Denied August 8, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Stayton, Jr., McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore, Austin, for appellants.

Patrick J. Kennedy, San Antonio, for appellee.

O'QUINN, Justice.

The principal issue controlling decision in this suit, brought initially as an action for declaratory judgment, is ownership of an extensive collection of library materials which includes an assembly of documents known as "The Laredo Archives."

Materials constituting the collections were amassed by Sebron S. Wilcox while living in Laredo, in Webb County, Texas. Wilcox died in May of 1959, and title to the collections passed by will to his...

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