Hocker v. Piper

This was a suit filed in ‘ the district court of El Paso county, Tex., by the executors, to have the court construe the last will of the late R. B. Stevens, particularly on ,the point as to whether the will disposed of or undertook to dispose of the community interest of his surviving wife in'his estate, in such manner as that her acceptance under the will would amount to an election upon her part to give up her community interest in the greater portion of their community estate.

The surviving wife, Lucille T. Stevens, and Susan Hocker, and other beneficiaries named in the will, were made…