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COGDELL v. FORT WORTH NAT. BANK

No. 4941.

544 S.W.2d 825 (1976)

Bill P. COGDELL, Appellant, v. The FORT WORTH NATIONAL BANK et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Eastland.

Rehearing Denied January 6, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gloria T. Svanas, Svanas & Svanas, Odessa, for appellant.

Robert M. Randolph, Law, Snakard, Brown & Gambill, George Christie, Pope, Hardwicke, Christie & Montgomery, Fort Worth, Lawson K. Stiff, Snyder, James R. Alexander, Lubbock, S. Tom Morris, Gibson Ochsner, Adkins, Harlan & Hankins, Amarillo, W. O. Shafter, Shafter, Gilliland, Davis, Bunton & McCollum, Odessa, for appellees.

McCLOUD, Chief Justice.

This summary judgment case involves the question of whether, and to what extent, a settlement agreement and release of claims by a trustee binds a nonconsenting beneficiary of the trust.

D. M. Cogdell died on November 15, 1964. His will was admitted to probate in Cause No. 2422 in the County Court of Scurry County, Texas, on November 30, 1964, and David Martin Cogdell, Jr., William Munsey...

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