Thornton v. Zea

NEILL, Associate Justice.

—This suit was brought by the appellant, James S. Thornton, to obtain a construction of the will of his father, James T. Thornton. 'This is the second appeal in the case. The first was from a judgment in favor of appellees sustaining exceptions to the petition. On that appeal we held that the will was subject to and required construction. Our opinion in that case will be found in 39 Southwestern Reporter, 595, and reference is made to it for the full text of the will.

The will, after devising $75,000 to each of the testator's five children, and making several minor…