Legal Opinion
Bagnall v. Bagnall
Texas Supreme Court
Decided October 26, 1949No. A-2225PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harvey
This appeal involves the construction of an instrument written wholly in the handwriting of W. W. Bagnall, which was offered for probate in the county court of Nueces County as his last will by his brother, James B. Bagnall. This instrument reads as follows:
“Oct. 5, 1929.
“Remember me W. W. Bagnall by this. If any thing happens to me. While gone. . All my belongings and estate goes to James B. Bagnall Brother of mine.
W. W. BAGNALL
“Oct. 5, 1929.”
*425W. W. Bagnall died on September 3, 1947, about eighteen years after execution of the instrument in question, in Nueces County, Texas, and the paper…
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