Peden Iron & Steel Co. v. Lockett

Mr. Judge Taylor

delivered the opinion of the Commission of Appeals, Section B.

This suit was filed by R. B. Lockett, administrator of the estate of Howard B. Wood, deceased, seeking a construction of the will of his father, Frank W. Wood, also deceased, with a view to ascertaining whether the estate is entitled to an interest in the property devised by the will. The defendants, and intervening creditors of the estate, pleaded their respective interpretations of the will and likewise sought to have the court interpret it. The opinion of the Court of Civil Appeals sets out in full the provisions…