Turner v. Adams

OPINION

BARAJAS, Justice.

This is an appeal from a declaratory judgment wherein the trial court found that James B. Turner’s share in a remainder, devised by will, had lapsed in favor of certain Appellees. Appellant, James Price Turner, Executor and Trustee of the Estate of James B. Turner, deceased, in two points of error, complains that the trial court erred by: (1) construing the remainder as “contingent”; and (2) finding valid a trust created pursuant to the will. We affirm in part and reverse in part the judgment of the trial court.

I. SUMMARY OF THE EVIDENCE

Susan Patterson executed her…