Pepper v. Walling

A. J. Van Cleave, who owned a large estate in Wichita county, Tex., and elsewhere, died in February, 1913, leaving a will, naming his only son, John Van Cleave, a minor, as sole legatee. The will contained, among others, this paragraph:

“Third. I hereby appoint my friend, Edmund Newell, of Browington, I-Ionry county, Missouri, executor of this will, without bond, and desire that no other action be taken in reference to this -will except that it be probated, and admitted to record, and that my - said executor shall have full power to manage and control said estate until my son, John Van Cleave,…