Shoemaker v. Estate of Freeman

HODGES, Justice.

¶ 1 This appeal is before this Court after a jury trial on the issues at law and before the judge on the issues of equitable cognizance. The parties are seeking to establish rights to royalties which accrued during a life tenancy. The issues in this case are: (1) whether a prior Court of Civil Appeals’ opinion determined as the law of the case that the plaintiffs, as remaindermen, were entitled to the accrued royalties under the terms of the will which bequeathed the life estate and the remainder interest, (2) whether the plaintiffs’ claims are barred by the doctrine of…