McMullen v. Block

BLAIR, Justice.

This is a trespass to try title suit to 320 acres of land, but involves only the construction of the will of Franz Block, Sr., ‘to determine (1) whether it bequeathed the land to appellant, the only child of testator and his second wife, Bertha Block, or whether it also bequeathed an interest in the land to appellees, his nine children of a first marriage; and (2) if so, whether it bequeathed the land to each set of children as a class, that is, one-half to each set of children, or individually and equally to his ten children of the two marriages.

The will was drawn by their…