Bender v. Bender

Herman Bender died on March 27, 1901, leaving his wife and their ten children surviving. By his will executed at Texarkana, Texas, two weeks before his death, he disposed of his property as follows: “I will and bequeath unto my beloved wife, Mary Bender, all my real estate and personal property of every kind and description that I may own at my death and direct that she shall be put in possession of the same immediately after my death. I direct further that my wife, Mary Bender, have exclusive control of all property herein bequeathed to her by me and at her death the same to be divided…