SWEARINGEN v. GILES

No. 5137.

565 S.W.2d 574 (1978)

Helen H. SWEARINGEN et al., Appellants, v. Rex GILES et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Eastland.

Rehearing Denied May 18, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kirk Kuykendall, Lockhart, Kuykendall & Jones, Austin, for appellants.

John W. Peterson, Beeville, Joseph H. Hart, Hart & Hart, Austin, for appellees.


RALEIGH BROWN, Justice.

We must resolve if a lapsed portion of a residuary bequest should pass to the surviving residuary beneficiaries or by intestacy to the heirs at law.

Plaintiffs, Helen Hancock Swearingen, H. N. Hancock, H. L. Hancock and Dorothy Hancock Woolard, all children of Hubert Alonzo Hancock, the deceased brother of Wayne H. Covington, claim Mrs. Covington died intestate as to one-half of her residuary estate. Defendants, Rex Giles, Joy Bragg...

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