Gifford v. Bank of the Southwest

OPINION

PAUL PRESSLER, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment based upon the statute of limitations. We affirm.

Appellant’s husband executed his Last Will and Testament in November of 1943, and deposited it with the San Jacinto National Bank, which was appointed executor. This institution later merged with another bank, which then merged into the Bank of the Southwest. Appellant’s husband died in February of 1974. On many occasions prior to his death, Mr. Gifford told his wife that the Bank was to be the corporate executor of his estate. In her affidavit in response to appellee’s…