McCannon v. McCannon

While a dissent from a judgment of the Court of Civil Appeals reversing the trial court’s judgment as being against the weight of the evidence may be futile, since the Supreme Court has no appellate jurisdiction over such determination (Owens v. Tedford, 114 Tex. 390, 269 S. W. 418), the statutory requirement concerning it seems nevertheless unabated (R. S. art. 1852).

Whatever may be the rule in other jurisdictions, in Texas the course of descent and distribution of one’s property at his death may not be changed by will, unless he is at the time of making it 21 years old, or has been lawfully…