Foote v. Foote

BICKETT, Chief Justice.

This suit was instituted on February 16, 1932, by appellant, Annie Foote, the surviving widow of John D. Foote, deceased, against ap-pellees, J. B. Foote, M. V. Foote, Mary MeCal-lum and her husband, L. C. BlcCallum, and Beatrice Hale and her husband, Joel N. Hale, to construe the will of the decedent.

The will of John D. Foote, dated January 18, 1927, probated in Bexar county, Tex., on November 16, 1927, upon the application of Annie Foote, contained three articles. The first directed the payment of debts, and the last-named Annie Foote as independent executrix without…