ALVIAR v. GONZALEZ

No. 13-86-211-CV.

725 S.W.2d 297 (1986)

Dolores ALVIAR, et al., Appellants, v. Enedino GONZALEZ, Administrator of the Estate of Enrique Alviar and Librada Alviar, Deceased, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

Rehearing Denied January 15, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Odabashian and Benjamin S. Hardy, Brownsville, for appellants.

John Williamson and Guillermo Vega, Jr., Brownsville, for appellee.

Before SEERDEN, UTTER, and DORSEY, JJ.


OPINION

SEERDEN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment in a suit to construe a joint will. The issue is whether the will passed fee simple title or a life estate to the survivor. The trial court held that the dispositive clause of the joint will of Enrique Alviar and his wife, Librada Alviar, conveyed "the entire estate of Enrique Alviar in fee simple to Librada Alviar." We reverse.

The combined estate consists mainly of a fifteen-acre...

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