Jackson v. Stutt

OPINION

FENDER, Chief Justice.

This appeal grows out of a will construction case. The trial court admitted a 1985 will to probate; construed a 1958 will as being a joint contractual will; and impressed a constructive trust on the executrix under the later will. Six points of error are urged. We need consider only one.

The judgment of the trial court is reversed and the cause remanded for further proceedings.

A partial recital of facts will set the stage for our holding. In 1958, Tommie and Uleta Jackson executed a joint will. Uleta Jackson died in November of 1959. The joint will was probated as…