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FINGER v. SCHOOL SISTERS, ETC.

No. 12984.

585 S.W.2d 357 (1979)

Mary D. FINGER, Executrix of the Estate of Jean Droppleman, Appellant, v. SCHOOL SISTERS OF the THIRD ORDER OF ST. FRANCIS, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Austin.

July 25, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Van Thompson, Jr., Sugarland, Frank L. Scofield, Austin, for appellant.

Timothy L. Hoffman, Smith, Jarrell & Associates, Amarillo, for appellee.

SHANNON, Justice.

Appellee, School Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis, filed suit in the district court of Travis County seeking a declaratory judgment construing the will of Rose Gordon, deceased. Appellant is Mary D. Finger, Executrix of the Estate of Jean Droppleman. On appellee's motion, the district court entered summary judgment declaring that the will created a trust in appellee's favor.

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