Watson v. Beall

In 1913, Mrs. A. W. Beall, the mother of appellant and appellee, died testate, leaving, surviving her, her husband and seven children. Her estate consisted of 14% acres of land in Wortham, occupied by the family as a homestead. Under her will, which was duly probated, her husband was left a life estate in the property, with a reversionary interest in her daughters, Mary Yates Beall and appellant Annie Elizabeth Beall, giving them the right, after the death of her husband, to occupy the same as long as it was necessary and best to be so used by them as a home. The will provided that G. B.…