Legal Opinion

Davidson v. Gray

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided October 9, 1936No. 1582PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FUNDERBURK, Justice.

J. M. Hefley, unmarried and over 80 years of age, made a will in 1930, leaving his estate, of the probable value of $10,000, to thfe Odd Fellows Orphans’ Home at Corsicana, Tex., with the exception of $500 to the local Odd Fellows Lodge at Wellington, Tex., of which he was a member. Subsequently, in: July, 1933, he made another will in Dallas, Tex., providing substantially for the same disposition of his property made in said prior will, except omitting the $500 to the local lodge at Wellington, of which he had then ceased to be a member. In April, 1934, he became ill and…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Christmas v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
  2. Oury v. SaundersTexas Supreme Court · 1890
  3. Hall Music Co. v. RobertsonTexas Supreme Court · 1928
  4. Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. v. GintherTexas Supreme Court · 1903
  5. Markham v. CarothersTexas Supreme Court · 1877

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Dow Chemical Company v. BentonTexas Supreme Court · 1962
  2. May v. BrownTexas Supreme Court · 1945
  3. Combs v. HowardCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1939
  4. Morris v. RatliffCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1956
  5. Pool v. SneedCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1943

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