Legal Opinion
Gidley v. Lovenberg, Administrator
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided March 15, 1904PublishedCited by 24 opinions
Appeal from the District Court of Galveston. Tried below before Hon. Robt. G. Street.
1Opinion of the Court
GILL, Associate Justice.
On March 2, 1862, Rosanna Osterman, a resident of Galveston County, Texas, made a will which in March, 1866, after her death in that year, was duly probated. By clause 2 of her will her brothers Leon and Isadore Dyer and Franklin H. Merriman were named as independent executors without bond and the "de tamers” of her entire estate until the will was fully executed. Clauses 8 and 13 of the will, which áre the only parts thereof involved in this litigation, are respectively as follows:
“Item 8. I will and bequeath (in accordance with my late beloved husband’s oft-repeated…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- VIDAL v. Girard's ExecutorsSupreme Court of the United States · 1844
- Jones v. HabershamSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Inglis v. Trustees of Sailor's Snug Harbour in City of New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1830
- Bell County v. AlexanderTexas Supreme Court · 1858
- Moore's Heirs v. Moore's DeviseesCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1836
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3Cited by24 opinions
- In Re the Probate of the Will of MacDowellNew York Court of Appeals · 1916
- Boyd v. Frost National Bank of S.A.Texas Supreme Court · 1946
- Powers v. First Natl. Bank of CorsicanaTexas Supreme Court · 1942
- Anderson v. MenefeeCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1915
- Frazier v. Hanlon Gasoline Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1930
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