ESTATE BLARDONE v. McCONNICO

No. B-9825.

608 S.W.2d 618 (1980)

ESTATE of Betty Maule BLARDONE, Deceased, Petitioner, v. Mabel McCONNICO et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

October 29, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rhodes, Garner & Roberts, Tom Garner, Jr., Port Lavaca, for petitioner.

Lewis & Kelly, Joseph P. Kelly, Victoria, for respondents.


PER CURIAM.

This is a will construction case involving the nature of conditions in a testamentary trust. The trust provided that the right of the beneficiary to receive the corpus was conditioned upon (1) the discharge of his debts and (2) a request that the trustee convey title to him. The court of civil appeals inconsistently states these to be both conditions subsequent and conditions precedent. We agree with the judgment of the court of civil appeals, but we disapprove...

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