Ellet v. McCord

Appellee J. P. McCord, executor of the will and estate of Mrs. Martha Tyler Overall, deceased, ffled this suit against all persons interested in the will or estate of said decedent to construe her holographic will and her holographic codicil thereto, which read, omitting unnecessary portions, as follows:

“I, Martha Tyler Overall, of said Coleman County, State of Texas, mindful of the certainty of death, and desirous of settling my worldly affairs, and making proper disposition of my property and realizing my steward ship to God, hare disposed of my property the best of my ability, in the fear…