Robbins v. Vanbrackle

Fletcher, Presiding Justice.

The named executor under the will of Mary M. Vanbrackle was unable to serve and the trial court construed the will as not naming a successor executor. The trial court appointed Vanbrackle’s son Alton Vanbrackle as administrator with will annexed and her daughter Joy Robbins appeals. Because Vanbrackle’s will did not appoint a successor executor in the event her named executor was incompetent, and because the trial court followed the correct statutory procedures in appointing Vanbrackle, we affirm.

Mary Vanbrackle executed her will in 1967 and named her mother as…