White v. Moore

760 S.W.2d 242 (1988)

Nadine WHITE and Dora Jean Cantrell, Petitioners,

v.

James Dewey MOORE et al., Respondents.

No. C-7468.

Supreme Court of Texas.

September 21, 1988.

Rehearing Denied December 14, 1988.

Calloway Huffaker, Huffaker, Green & Huffaker, Tahoka, for petitioners.

Forrest Bowers, Lubbock, for respondents.

SPEARS, Justice.

This is a will construction case. Mattie Moore died testate in 1976. Her will provided in pertinent part:

I hereby give, devise and bequeath all of my property, real, personal and mixed to my six children, viz: Herman, Dewey, Ruby, Lester, Carl and Cecil and to the survivor…