Briggs v. Peebles

This suit was brought by Mrs. Duncan Browning Briggs, a widow, and M. P. Browning against Mary Browning Peebles and others, to construe a holographic will of G. L. Browning that had been probated. They claimed that under the terms of the will they were entitled to all of the property left by testator at the time of his death. The trial court entered a judgment in favor of plaintiffs, and defendants appealed to the Court of Civil Appeals. That court reversed the judgment of the trial court. 184 S. W. (2d) 706.

The controlling facts are as follows: On March 8, 1927, G. L. Browning, a bachelor,…