Division of World Missions of Board of Missions of Methodist Church v. National Bank of Commerce of San Antonio

MURRAY, Chief Justice.

This suit was filed by National Bank of Commerce of San Antonio, as trustee under the last will and testament of Theodore M. Plummer, Deceased, against Division of World Missions of the Board of Missions of the Methodist Church, hereinafter referred to as “Mission Board,” and San Antonio Independent School District, for a declaratory judgment construing the will of Theodore M. Plummer, and for instructions as to distribution of the residuary estate of said decedent. Plaintiff alleged that the two defendants were asserting conflicting claims to said residuary estate.…