SAMMONS v. ELDER

No. 10-95-234-CV.

940 S.W.2d 276 (1997)

Joyce Novian SAMMONS, Appellant, v. Mary Ann ELDER and Robert Hicks Harvey, Individually and as Independent Executors of The Estate of Waldine Harvey Novian, Deceased, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Waco.

Rehearing Overruled March 31, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elwood Cluck, San Antonio, for appellant.

Michael J. Gulig and Peter K. Rusek, Sheehy, Lovelace & Mayfield, P.C., Waco, for appellee.

Before DAVIS, C.J., and CUMMINGS and VANCE, JJ.


OPINION

DAVIS, Chief Justice.

This will construction case primarily concerns the interpretation of the term "savings account and/or savings certificate." After a bench trial, the court found that all but two of the decedent's, Waldine Harvey Novian's ("Novian"), various money market accounts, certificates of deposit, and individual retirement accounts constituted a "savings account and/or savings certificate," thereby passing to her two children under the...

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