DEARMIN v. SMALLWOOD

No. 7669.

520 S.W.2d 602 (1975)

Willie B. DEARMIN, Executrix of the Estate of Mae Shepard, et al., Appellants, v. Charles B. SMALLWOOD et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

March 13, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Billy J. Griswold, Houston, for appellants.

James Lee, for appellees.

Richard E. Greene, for State of Texas.


DIES, Chief Justice.

We review a will contest wherein the decedent, Mae Shepard, left all of her estate to the First Church of Divine Science N. S.A.C., Houston, Texas, by a will dated December 12, 1970. Contestants Robert G. Stern and Dorothy S. Marks are the nephew and niece of decedent. Contestant Charles B. Smallwood is the guardian of the person and Estate of Mae Shepard. Mrs. Willie B. Dearmin, proponent, was named executrix in the will and is pastor of the...

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