Rape v. Cochran
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Hunt County; A. P. Dolioney, Judge. Action by Emma Rape and others against Ed. Cochran and others. From judgment for defendants, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtRasbxjry, J.
This is an appeal from the judgment of the lower court refusing to probate the last will of Mrs. A. E. Cochran, alleged to have b'een lost or misplaced, but never revoked, entered upon special verdict, of the jury finding that the testator destroyed same. The facts deducible from the evidence are not in substantial dispute and are in substance these:
About the year 1907 Mrs. Cochran made a will, in statutory form, by which she devised to her daughter Emma her entire estate, nominating her daughter independent executrix without bond. She died in November, 1916. At the time of making the will…
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