Gee v. Read

GARWOOD, Justice.

This is a suit to construe the will of Ruth Cole. The district court granted summary judgment for the defendant Ruth Gee, Independent Executrix of the Estate of Laura Freeland, Deceased, on the basis that the will unambiguously left all of Ruth Cole’s property to her surviving sister Laura Free-land. The court of civil appeals reversed and remanded for trial on the basis that the will was ambiguous. 580 S.W.2d 431. We affirm the judgment of the court of civil appeals.

Ruth Cole’s will is entirely in her own handwriting and provides as follows:

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Aug 8, 1970

I, Ruth Cole,…