SHIELDS v. TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSP.

No. 11-97-00383-CV.

11 S.W.3d 457 (2000)

Charles O. SHIELDS, Individually and as Independent Executor of the Estate of Fletcher G. Lippitt, Jr., Appellant, v. TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN d/b/a Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Eastland.

Rehearing Overruled March 9, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Katherine Grossman, Beth D. Bradley, David M. Taylor, Rider Scott, David F. Eriksen, Alison H. Moore, Thompson Coe Cousins & Irons, James D. Shields, Katherine Disorbo, Shields Britton & Fraser, Dallas, for appellant.

Charles A. Gall, Thomas Cantrill, Timothy J. Goodwin, Jenkens & Gilchrist, Dallas, Robert J. Glasgow, Glasgow & Taylor, Stephenville, Ross W. Stoddard, III, Irving, for appellee.

Panel consists of: ARNOT, C.J., and McCLOUD, S.J., and DICKENSON, S.J.


OPINION

AUSTIN McCLOUD, Senior Justice (Retired).

This is a will construction case. The trial court granted a motion for summary judgment filed by Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children d/b/a Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children (Scottish Rite) and denied a motion for summary judgment filed by Charles O. Shields, Independent Executor of the Estate of Fletcher G. Lippitt, Jr. (Shields).1 Shields appeals. We affirm...

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