First City National Bank of Houston v. Toombs

KLINGEMAN, Justice.

This is a suit filed by H. E. L. Toombs and others in the District Court of Uvalde County seeking a declaratory judgment under the Texas Trust Act, Art. 7425b-l et seq., and under the Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act, Art. 2524-1 et seq. Determinations by the court were sought as to whether partial renunciations by Ethel Lee Toombs and Marjorie Lee Kerr, two beneficiaries of the Essie M. Lee will, were made within the time and in the manner required by law; whether such renunciations were proper, valid, irrevocable and legally binding; and, further, a determination as to…