Speairs v. Ligon
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Lamar. Tried below before the Hon. It. It. Gaines. Appellant brought suit against appellee, as executor of the last will of Catharine Speairs, deceased, August 9, 1877, to have declared and enforced a precatory trust against the estate of Catharine Speairs, mother of appellant, claimed to be created by the last will of his deceased father, Edward Speairs.
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Appeal from Lamar. Tried below before the Hon. It. It. Gaines. Appellant brought suit against appellee, as executor of the last will of Catharine Speairs, deceased, August 9, 1877, to have declared and enforced a precatory trust against the estate of Catharine Speairs, mother of appellant, claimed to be created by the last will of his deceased father, Edward Speairs. He claimed that by the terms of his father’s will certain bequests were made to the mother, with such requests as created in favor of appellant a trust in the property to the amount of $1,600. That the mother recognized the…
1Opinion of the Court
Watts, J. Com. App. —
That particular clause of the will of Edward Speairs from which, it is claimed, arises a precatory trust in favor of appellant, is as follows:
“ I give and bequeath to my beloved wife, Catharine B. Speairs, all my personal property of every kind; also the remainder of my said tract of land, containing two hundred and seventy-seven acres, more or less, to dispose of as she may please, requesting her that she will so dispose of her property at her death as to make my youngest son, Samuel Stillman Speairs, an equal legatee with the balance of my children.”
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