City of Austin v. Austin National Bank of Austin

POPE, Justice.

Austin National Bank, plaintiff and executor of the estate of Mrs. Mary May-field Gutsch, obtained a judgment in this declaratory action that Mrs. Gutsch intended by her will that the residue of her estate should be held in a perpetual charitable trust with the Austin National Bank as trustee and the Humane Society of Austin and Travis County as the beneficiary. The trial court also construed the will as giving to Ann Knight Hoey a choice of all tangible personalty found in the testatrix’ house at her death, except for two items specifically bequeathed to another person. The…