Baldwin v. Baldwin

Mr. Judge Hickman

delivered the opinion of the Commission of Appeals, Section A.

This case is before us on the following certificate:

“The questions of law hereinafter certified arise out of the record in this cause — pending here undisposed of on an appeal from the district court of Harris County — which involve, among other issues, a construction of the will of the late Jacob C. Baldwin, a lawyer of Houston.

“As its terms — set out infra — disclose, the will bore the date of March 4 of 1921, whereas the testator died on November 13 of 1921, the will having been filed on November 26 thereafter…