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GRISHAM v. LAWRENCE

No. 12-08-00429-CV.

298 S.W.3d 826 (2009)

Beulah Y. GRISHAM, James A. Young, and Jewel (Judy) O'Glee, Appellants, v. Betty LAWRENCE, Barbara Allen, James C. Young, Laura Jones, Deborah Young, Paula Warren, Suzanne Duncan, Richard Willey, Scott McQuistion, Joy McCue, Marsha Moore, Robert McQuistion, Marilyn Gimble, Keith Pate, John Smith, Ronald Pate, Lynda Hudson, Frank Herman McQuistion, Ana Lou Bolin and Donna Faye Hill, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Tyler.

October 14, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert T. Cain Jr., Krystal E. Riley, Lufkin, for appellants.

Clayton E. Dark Jr., Lufkin, William G. Thompson, Breckenridge, Darrin Walker, Rebecca C. Brightwell, for appellees.

Panel consisted of WORTHEN, C.J., GRIFFITH, J., and HOYLE, J.

OPINION

JAMES T. WORTHEN, Chief Justice.

Beulah Y. Grisham, James A. Young, and Jewel (Judy) O'Glee appeal the trial court's revised declaratory judgment. Appellants' sole issue is whether the trial court erroneously construed a will, resulting in an award of the mineral interest at issue to the wrong set of devisees. We reverse and render.

BACKGROUND

In 1964, E.P. McKnight executed a will following the death of his wife,...

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