Balfour v. Collins

Mr. Judge CRITZ

delivered the opinion of the Commission of Appeals Section A.

This is a certified question from the Court of Civil Appeals for the Seventh District at Amarillo.

The certificate shows that Wm. Reid was a watchman for many years for the Ft. Worth & D. C. Ry. Co. at its 'bridge across the Canadian River. During his lifetime Reid had accumulated about $8000.00 which he had on deposit in the First National Bank of Channing, Hartley County, Texas. He became ill and was taken to a hospital in Dallam County, Texas, where he died intestate on April 15, 1928.

One J. C. Collins, who resides…