Arnold v. Dean
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Galveston. Tried below before the Hon. W. H. Stewart. The questions involved in this suit originated out of the construction of the last will and testament of John Dean, deceased. The will was probated in Galveston county and the estate was fully administered by the executors, when application was made to the probate court for direction as to the • disposition of the property remaining undisposed of.
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Appeal from Galveston. Tried below before the Hon. W. H. Stewart. The questions involved in this suit originated out of the construction of the last will and testament of John Dean, deceased. The will was probated in Galveston county and the estate was fully administered by the executors, when application was made to the probate court for direction as to the • disposition of the property remaining undisposed of. The. probate judge entered a decree, giving direction as to what should be done with the property remaining. Mary Dean, representing her children, prosecuted an appeal to the district…
1Opinion of the Court
West, Associate Justice.—
This ease has been presented for our consideration in the most careful and satisfactory manner, both by briefs and oral arguments of the respective parties. ' We have ourselves also examined, as thoroughly as the demands upon our time would permit, the different points raised in the case. Hot only have all the authorities cited by both' parties been considered, but many others bearing more or less directly on the questions in hand have also been resorted to, and studied in this connection.
It would serve no good purpose, in a case of this character, to give at length…
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