Johnson v. Bowden
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Anderson. Tried below before the Hon. M. H. Bonner. This case was before this court on appeal in 1872. (37 Tex., 621.) The facts are given in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Moore, Associate Justice.
The only question which it is necessary for us to decide in this case depends upon the construction to be given to the last paragraph in the will of Drucilla McMeans, authorizing her executors to sell the house and lots in controversy in this suit.
By the first item in the will the testatrix directs that her personal expenses and debts shall be paid. Following which there are six items making specific legacies.
In the eighth she divides the residue of her estate equally among her children, with the exception of a son in California. By the ninth she directs that the…
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