San Antonio Independent School District v. Division of World Missions of the Board of Missions of the Methodist Church

CALVERT, Justice.

This case involves the construction of certain clauses of the will executed by Theodore M. Plummer, deceased. Suit for declaratory judgment was filed by the National Bank of Commerce of San Antonio, as intervenor, naming as defendants the San Antonio Independent School District and the Division of World Missions of the Board of Missions of the Methodist Church. The defendants both claim the residuary estate under Plummer’s will, the World Missions claiming under the primary residuary clause and the School District asserting claim as alternate beneficiary on the theory that…