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WOOD v. PAULUS

No. 878.

524 S.W.2d 749 (1975)

Mary Josephine WOOD et al., Appellants, v. Henry S. PAULUS, as Independent Executor and Trustee of and under the Will of Annie C. Paulus, Deceased, et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

Rehearing Denied June 12, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl L. Ray, Tabor & Ray, Houston, for appellants.

Armond G. Schwarz, Hallettsville, Clark Murray, Floresville, Mary C. Philley, Houston, Kenneth Oden, Alice, Newton M. Crain, Jr., Crain, Winter, Houser & Deaton, Houston, for appellees.

OPINION

YOUNG, Justice.

This case primarily concerns the attempt to share under a will by one (Mary Josephine Wood) who claims to be the granddaughter of the testatrix (Annie C. Paulus) where the legitimacy of the purported granddaughter is challenged by the other beneficiaries.

In the trial court, before a jury, Mary contended that she was a daughter of Annie's son, Claude N. Paulus; that she was qualified to share because of this provision of the...

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