Schulz v. Garmany

The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion of the honorable Court of Civil Appeals (285 S. W. 911), and will not be restated here except in so far as may be necessary in the course of the opinion to illustrate the matters discussed.

The rights of the parties involve construction of the two provisions of the will excerpted in the opinion of the Court of Civil Appeals. Purpose of the testator is, of course, the primary consideration. Gallagher v. Redmond, 64 Tex. 626; Lake v. Copeland, 82 Tex. 464, 468, 17 S. W. 786. The distinctions erected as between demonstrative and specific legacies are…