Rogers v. First National Bank of Midland

OPINION

FRASER, Chief Justice.

This suit was filed by the Administrator of the Estate of Myrtle Cato Mendel, deceased, to determine the heirship of the decedent on the paternal, or Cato, side of the family. That portion relating to the maternal line of the family was severed from the present controversy and has been heretofore finally disposed of by this court.

The trial court held that paternal cousins of the half blood inherited from the decedent, who also left surviving a paternal cousin of the whole blood. The appellant is the only surviving paternal cousin of the whole blood and maintains…