Dockstader v. Brown

McDONALD, Chief Justice.

Plaintiff Audrey Brown Dockstader and the defendant R. L. Brown, Jr., are sister and brother. In April of 1942 their parents, residents of Montague County, Texas, met death by drowning. Plaintiff, who had lived in California for several years, came to Montague County shortly after the date of her parents’ deaths. R. L. Brown, Jr., also lived in that county. On April 29, 1942, while in Montague County, plaintiff executed and delivered to Brown an instrument in writing, which we shall refer to for identification as a power of attorney, which, omitting the formal parts,…